'RSS Scan' Blamed for Book Delay, Students of Classes V and VIII Yet to Get NCERT Texts
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 04 July 2025 | The Telegraph
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has failed to meet even the delayed timeline it had set to provide textbooks to students of Classes V and VIII this year, which many academics said was partly because of layers of RSS scrutiny to check for content that might go against the government.
The textbook body introduced new books for Classes III and VI last year. It had announced that new books for Classes IV, V, VII and VIII would be introduced in 2025-26. Last year, the books for both classes were delayed…