‘Heads must role’: Center regrets NCERT chapter, Supreme Court demands accountability New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research on Tuesday issued a public apology for publishing a chapter on discussing “corruption” and “backlog” in the judiciary. Our Society, NCERT said.

The Director and Members of NCERT tender their unconditional and unqualified apology for the said Chapter IV. The entire book has been withdrawn and is no longer available. This came after the Supreme Court rapped NCERT over a chapter discussing “corruption” and “backlog” in the judiciary, calling it a “deep and well-planned conspiracy”.

The top court also issued show cause notices to the NCERT director and the school. The Education Secretary asked him to explain why action should not be taken against him over the controversial textbook content.

The Supreme Court also directed the seizure of physical and digital copies of the NCERT textbook in circulation, which contained the chapter on judicial “corruption”. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi ordered, “NCERT in coordination with the Union and State Education Departments is directed to ensure that all copies of the book (hard or soft) currently in circulation, whether kept in storage, retail shops, or educational institutions, are seized and removed from public access. Further, it added, “It It will be the personal responsibility of the Director of NCERT and the Principal of each school where the book has arrived to immediately seize and seal all copies of the book in their premises and submit a compliance report.

“Ensure that no instructions are given to the Principal Secretaries of all States on the basis of the subject book. ”.