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Bhagavad Geeta to be taught in NCERT textbooks: Centre 

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NEW DELHI: The NCERT textbooks have included references to Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta in Class VI and VII and its shlokas in Sanskrit textbooks of courses XI and XII, the Lok Sabha was knowledgeable on Monday.

In a written reply, the Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi, stated the ministry had established the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) Division in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in 2020 with a imaginative and prescient to advertise interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary analysis on all points of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), protect and disseminate IKS information for additional analysis and societal purposes.

She stated the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had initiated the event of National Curriculum Frameworks the place inputs are invited from varied stakeholders, together with varied ministries, departments, states and Union Territories drawing from grass root ranges.

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2022 Para 4.27 refers back to the conventional information of India that’s each sustainable and strives for the welfare of all, she added. 

“To become the knowledge power in this century, we must understand our heritage and teach the world the ‘Indian way’ of doing things,” she added.

NEW DELHI: The NCERT textbooks have included references to Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta in Class VI and VII and its shlokas in Sanskrit textbooks of courses XI and XII, the Lok Sabha was knowledgeable on Monday.

In a written reply, the Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi, stated the ministry had established the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) Division in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in 2020 with a imaginative and prescient to advertise interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary analysis on all points of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), protect and disseminate IKS information for additional analysis and societal purposes.

She stated the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had initiated the event of National Curriculum Frameworks the place inputs are invited from varied stakeholders, together with varied ministries, departments, states and Union Territories drawing from grass root ranges.

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2022 Para 4.27 refers back to the conventional information of India that’s each sustainable and strives for the welfare of all, she added. 

“To become the knowledge power in this century, we must understand our heritage and teach the world the ‘Indian way’ of doing things,” she added.