NCERT launches redesigned Class 9 Social Science textbook built around nation-building

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has released a new Social Science textbook for Class 9 students, placing nation-building at the heart of its revised curriculum.

The book draws on Indian governance traditions and policy-making as central themes across its political science sections, and explicitly links the concept of taxation to the broader process of building the nation.

The redesign signals a deliberate shift in how civics and political ideas are framed for secondary-school pupils, grounding abstract concepts in distinctly Indian historical and administrative contexts.