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‘National War Memorial’ poem, chapter on Veer Abdul Hameed added in Class 6th NCERT book

This initiative was undertaken jointly by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education, and aims 'to inculcate the values of patriotism'

MoE stated that the addition of poem 'National War Memorial' in NCERT "is to appreciate the spirit behind it. (Representative image)

The Ministry of Education (MoE) on September 20 announced that in line with the National Education Policy 2020 and National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023 a poem titled ‘National War Memorial’ and a chapter titled ‘Veer Abdul Hameed’ have been included in the NCERT curriculum of Class 6 from this year.

This initiative was undertaken jointly by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education, and aims “to inculcate the values of patriotism, devotion to duty and courage & sacrifice among the school children and participation of youth in Nation building.”

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MoE stated that the poem ‘National War Memorial’ “is to appreciate the spirit behind it. The chapter titled ‘Veer Abdul Hameed’ honours the Braveheart CQMH Abdul Hameed who made supreme sacrifice fighting for the Country during the India-Pakistan war of 1965 and was awarded the Country’s highest gallantry award Param Veer Chakra (posthumously).”

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As part of an action plan initiated towards branding National War Memorial (NWM) as an iconic National monument, the Ministry of Defence has collaborated with the Ministry of Education/NCERT to add NWM and related references/material in the curriculum.

Meanwhile, the new NCERT Class 6 Social Science textbook has several changes such as referring to the Harappan civilisation as the ‘Sindhu-Sarasvati’ and ‘Indus-Sarasvati’ civilisation, to multiple mentions of the ‘Sarasvati’ river , including noting its desiccation as one of the reasons for the decline of the Harappan society, to a mention of India having had a “prime meridian of its own” called the ‘Ujjayini meridian’.

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