Now, Periodic Table, Democracy Dropped From NCERT Textbooks For Class 10
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Complete chapters on the subjects now stand deleted as a part of a "rationalisation" meant to reduce the "burden on students".
The periodic table, democracy, and sources of energy - Class 10 students will no longer learn about these from their government-issue textbooks. Complete chapters on the subjects now stand deleted as a part of a "rationalisation" meant to reduce the "burden on students".
The removal of the theory of evolution from the Class 10 curriculum stoked significant concern earlier this year. Newly released textbooks by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have revealed further cuts, including a chapter on the periodic table.
Among the topics dropped from the science textbook are also chapters on environmental sustainability and sources of energy. Full chapters on democracy, challenges to democracy and political parties have also been dropped for Class 10 students after the latest revision.
Here's the list of chapters dropped from Class 10 textbooks.
