The National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) is formulating two special modules on India’s attacks on terror infrastructure in Pakistan as part of Operation Sindoor so that students get to know about India’s military might, education ministry sources stated on Saturday.
Two-Tier Module Plan for Classes 3–12
Both modules are under preparations and will be introduced soon, sources said. “While the first special module on Operation Sindoor will be for students of Classes 3 to 8 and second will be available for Classes 9 to 12. The achievements of India and her Armed Forces will be described in 8 to 10 page modules. The aim of these modules is to make students aware about India’s military power and how Pakistan was defeated once again,” a source said.
NCERT designs special modules to supplement standard textbooks, focusing on specific themes of contemporary issues. So far, it has published 16 special modules till June 2025 on various themes including ‘Viksit Bharat,’ ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ ‘G20’ and ‘Chandrayaan Utsav.’
Upcoming Modules on Key National Themes
“In the coming months, NCERT will also be publishing special modules on Mission LiFE (‘LiFEStyle For Environment’); horrors of partition; India’s rise as a space power– from Chandrayan to Aditya L1 to Subhanshu Shukla’s journey to International Space Station,” said another source from the ministry.
India initiated Operation Sindoor in the early morning hours of May 7 and attacked nine terror and military bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 individuals were gunned down by terrorists.
It led to a four-day armed clash with Pakistan with fighter planes, missiles, drones, long-range guns and heavy artillery before the two nations agreed to halt all military operations on May 10.
Defence Minister Calls It an Evolution of Past Strikes
In June, defence minister Rajnath Singh stated that Operation Sindoor was an evolutionary step of the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 Balakot air strikes in Pakistan, and it had been done in such a way that Islamabad was compelled to request a ceasefire, defining India’s strong intention against terror.
The newly released NCERT’s Class 8 social science textbook has a mention of surgical strike. The book cites Maratha Empire founder Shivaji’s raid on Mughal nobleman Shaishta Khan’s camp at night, forcing him to leave what is now Maharashtra, and likens it to “the modern-day surgical strike.”
