Bhagavad Gita now part of NCERT textbooks: Centre
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New Delhi, Dec 22: The central government on December 19 informed the Lok Sabha that the NCERT textbooks have included references to Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta in Class VI and VII and its shlokas in Sanskrit textbooks of classes XI and XII.
This came after the Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi was responding to a question posed by BJP MP Gopal Chinayya Shetty.
In a written reply, the Ministry said it had established the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) Division in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in 2020 with a vision to promote interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research on all aspects of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), preserve and disseminate IKS knowledge for further research and societal applications.
"To become the knowledge power in this century, we must understand our heritage and teach the world the 'Indian way' of doing things," she said in the written reply.
Further, she said the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had initiated the development of National Curriculum Frameworks where inputs are invited from various stakeholders, including various ministries, departments, states and Union Territories drawing from grass root levels.
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2022 Para 4.27 refers to the traditional knowledge of India that is both sustainable and strives for the welfare of all, she added.
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