The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has issued a public apology after a chapter on the judiciary in a recently published Class 8 social science textbook sparked a row.

NCERT withdraws Class 8 social science book ‘Exploring Society: India and Beyond’ after controversy over a chapter on ...

NCERT has withdrawn the Class 8 social science textbook Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part II) and issued a public apology after controversy over the chapter “The Role of Judiciary in our ...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Tuesday (Mar 10) tendered an "unconditional and unqualified apology" for the 'Corruption in the judiciary' chapter in its Class 8 ...

In the recent development, the National Council of Educational Research and Training, NCERT, has withdrawn a Class 8 Social Science textbook after the Supreme Court banned the book. Why has NCERT ...

The social science textbook for Class 8 stated that corruption, a massive backlog of cases and the lack of an adequate number of judges are among the challenges faced by the judicial system ...

In a press release dated March 10, 2026, the NCERT Director and members tendered an unconditional and unqualified apology, admitting that inappropriate textual material and errors of judgment had ...

NCERT did not explain exactly what was wrong with the chapter but said that it had taken quick corrective steps.

Two weeks after the Supreme Court ordered a blanket ban on an NCERT social science textbook, the education body has published an unconditional apology ...