The revisions to the Class 10 textbooks, available in the market only now, were announced last June following what the NCERT said was a rationalisation exercise based on expert recommendations.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on 1 June dropped a slew of topics from the Class 10 textbooks including chapters on the Periodic Table, contribution of agriculture to the national economy, challenges to democracy and sustainable management of natural resources. Let’s take a look at some other subjects that been deleted from textbooks