NCERT’s Class 7 Textbook Uses the Old Preamble Without Telling Students Why
Vinita Gursahani Singh | 15 July 2026 | The Print
As the NCERT’s new syllabus textbooks reach students across the country, debate continues over the removal of the Preamble to the Constitution from the Class 9 social science textbook. The NCERT has responded by clarifying that the Preamble remains part of the new civics curriculum but has been redistributed across different classes.
This claim is factually correct—but it tells only part of the story.
Whenever school textbooks become the subject of public debate, the first responsibility is to return to the source. It is important to examine what the textbooks actually contain and then ask a deeper question: Will these changes help children become informed, thoughtful, and active citizens?