National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed paragraphs from Class 12 Political Science textbooks that contained information about the ban briefly imposed on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by the then government after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Along with this, paragraphs that stated that Gandhi’s quest for Hindu-Muslim unity provoked Hindu extremists have also been removed from the curriculum.
Significantly, NCERT had made several changes in the textbooks of Class 6 to Class 12 last year. Among these, chapters titled ‘Rise of Popular Movements’ and ‘Era of One Party Dominance’ were removed from Class 12 textbook, ‘Politics in India since Independence’.
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Similarly, chapters on ‘Democracy and Diversity’, ‘Popular Struggles and Movements’, and ‘Challenges to Democracy’ were removed from the Class 10 textbook ‘Democratic Politics-II’.
Significantly, in the last 15 years, Nathuram Godse was referred to in the History book of Class 12 as a ‘Brahmin from Pune’ who assassinated Gandhi, which has been removed now.
As per NCERT, they had been receiving complaints of Godse’s caste mentioned in the books from CBSE and several state education boards for a long, stating that one’s caste should not be unnecessarily mentioned in school textbooks.
Speaking on the matter in Parliament, Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi stated that the syllabus of books was rationalized in view of the loss of education in the pandemic and it was done to reduce the stress faced by students.
NCERT Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said that a load of textbooks was reduced as the students had suffered a lot in the pandemic and it was an attempt to help the stressed students and as a responsibility towards society and the nation.
Along with this, the NCERT has categorically rejected allegations that the changes have been made to suit a particular ideology.
New NCERT books have arrived for the new session this year. Last year, many chapters and facts were removed from the books of various subjects in NCERT. With these changes made by NCERT, now these new books are being made available for the students.
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