NCERT To Release New Class 9 Social Science Books Highlighting Indian Knowledge Systems
Tanushka Dutta | 09 February 2026 | NDTV Education
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is set to release new Class 9 social science textbooks in March, with a strong focus on India's indigenous intellectual and cultural contributions, according to the draft syllabus released by the council.
The new textbooks will emphasise inquiry-driven learning rooted in "Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS)", with perspectives that are "culturally rooted" and connected to "lived realities", the draft syllabus states. The focus, it adds, will be on core concepts "rather than memorisation", in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023…