NCERT Panel Recommends Replacing INDIA With ‘BHARAT’ In School Textbooks For All Classes

In a major development, the NCERT Committee has recommended replacing India with 'Bharat' in all school textbooks. A high-level committee for social sciences, constituted by the NCERT to revise the school curriculum, has unanimously recommended that "India" should be replaced with "Bharat" in the school textbooks for all classes. According to committee chairperson C I Isaac, the panel has suggested replacing the name "India" with "Bharat" in the textbooks, introducing "classical history" instead of "ancient history" in the curriculum and including the Indian Knowledge System in the syllabus for all subjects.