SRINAGAR: The National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) has brought Operation Sindoor into classrooms through two new supplementary learning modules that describe the cross-border military action as “a triumph of bravery, strategy and innovation”, The Hindustan Times reported.
The modules—Operation Sindoor: A Saga of Valour for Classes 3 to 8, and Operation Sindoor: A Mission of Honour and Bravery for Classes 9 to 12—aim to familiarise students with India’s military responses to terrorism and highlight the nation’s preparedness in safeguarding its sovereignty.
Operation Sindoor was launched by India on May 7, 2025, following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. According to the modules, the attack was carried out “on direct orders” from Pakistan’s military and political leadership, with the Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing key roles in planning and execution.
The NCERT publications, available in both English and Hindi, detail how India struck nine terror and military installations in Pakistan in the early hours of May 7. They include maps of targeted sites, photographs of destroyed Pakistani drones, and explanations of India’s air defence systems such as the S-400, which intercepted and neutralised enemy aircraft and drones.
The secondary-stage module also reflects on the immediate national response to the Pahalgam attack. It records candlelight marches across the country, with Muslim communities in Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Bhopal wearing black armbands to denounce the killings. In Kashmir, shopkeepers shut their businesses in protest, while border villages rallied in support of strong action by the armed forces. The module notes that the Kashmiri population “stood up and spoke against terrorists,” presenting what it calls the “real voice of peace-loving people.”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has described Operation Sindoor as a natural progression from the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 Balakot airstrikes, carried out in a manner that compelled Pakistan to seek a ceasefire. The modules also connect the operation to the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, quoting Singh as saying: “The operation proved India can break through any enemy defence using what we have made ourselves.”
To place the operation in historical perspective, the modules trace India’s tradition of military responses, from the wars of 1947, 1965, 1971, and 1999 to the Balakot strikes of 2019.
NCERT clarified that these modules are not part of the main textbooks but are short supplementary resources meant for projects, discussions, posters, and debates in schools, designed to familiarise students with contemporary and culturally significant issues.
