The Mughal Empire passages have been removed from the NCERT Class 12th History curriculum. This will cause changes to the curriculum of all boards, including CBSE, UP, and other state boards that adopt the NCERT curriculum. The new curriculum will be introduced in the 2023-24 academic year.
The updated curriculum for Class 12th History, titled “Themes of Indian History-Part II,” has removed the chapters and topics related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries).’ In addition to History, the Class 12th Civics book has also been updated. Chapters such as ‘US hegemony in world politics’ and ‘The Cold War Era’ have been removed, while ‘Rise of popular movements’ and ‘Era of one-party dominance’ chapters have been removed from the Class 12th ‘Politics in Indian since Independence’ textbook.
NCERT has also revised the curriculum for Classes 10th and 11th by omitting certain textbooks. From the Class 11th textbook ‘Themes In World History,’ chapters such as ‘Central Islamic lands,’ ‘Confrontation of cultures,’ and ‘The Industrial Revolution’ have been removed.
Chapters on ‘Democracy and diversity’, ‘Popular struggles and movement’, and ‘Challenges to democracy’ have been dropped from the Class 10 ‘Democratic Politics-II’ textbook.
The Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (UPBSE) has announced that the syllabus for classes 10th, 11th, and 12th following the NCERT curriculum will be revised in line with recent changes. Secretary Divyakant Shukla has confirmed that the updated UP Board Syllabus 2023-24 will be released on the official website. In addition, books with the rationalised syllabus are now available in the market.