Singh was speaking at a January 15 and 16 meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) attended by several Union ministers and education ministers of most of Indian states. “There are mantras which codified ‘laws of motion’ much before it was discovered by the Newton. One minister suggested syllabuses be remodelled towards “culture-based education”. Mahesh Sharma, minister of state (independent charge) for culture environment, forests and climate change, said that value- and culture-based education was the need of the hour. He suggested that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) should remodel the syllabus towards culture-based education.

Source: Hindustan Times February 28, 2018 01:30 UTC