| This news seems misleading. A charitable reading of the article would assign it a category of "clickbait". The periodic table and evolution are still part of high school curriculum. Here are the links to the class XI textbook for Chemistry (the so called rationalized text books for 2023-24). Chemistry Part I, Unit 3, Classification of Elements and
Periodicity in Properties. (Link to PDF) https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?kech1=3-6 in pg 77, Mendeleev's original periodic table
in pg 79, Long form of the periodic table (modern periodic table)
Here is the link for class XII textbook for Biology.Biology, Chapter 6, Evolution. (link to PDF) https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lebo1=6-13 6.1 Origin of Life
6.2 Evolution of Life Forms - A Theory
6.3 What are the Evidences for Evolution?
6.4 What is Adaptive Radiation?
6.5 Biological Evolution
6.6 Mechanism of Evolution
6.7 Hardy - Weinberg Principle
6.8 A Brief Account of Evolution
6.9 Origin and Evolution of Man
The Nature article's summary below the headline states> Nature has learnt that the periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s as they start the new school year. Yeah, duh! It is taught in Class XI and XII in Chemistry and Biology, just not in Class IX or X as it used to be done previously. Weaving this as some major conspiracy is dishonest and ridiculous. For the benefit of US readers: Class IX is freshman high school year, Class X is sophomore year, Class XI is junior year, Class XII is senior year. |