What does the Basavaraj Bommai government aim to achieve with changes in SSLC textbooks?
2 years, 6 months ago

What does the Basavaraj Bommai government aim to achieve with changes in SSLC textbooks?

The Hindu  

Published : May 29, 2022 06:00 IST The communal temperature in Karnataka has risen ever since Basavaraj Bommai became Chief Minister last July. What experts say Responding to the changes, the noted social activist and educational expert Sripad Bhat, said, “First, the government needs to understand what the job of a textbook review committee is; the syllabus has to be designed as per the guidelines laid out in the National Curriculum Framework and changes have to be recommended by technical experts. The committee consists mainly of Brahmins, and the textbooks that have been introduced are also by Brahmins.” He added that the lessons would endorse “religious hatred and caste supremacy”, leading to “fascism”. S.G. Siddaramaiah, former Kannada Development Authority chairman and Kannada writer, said it was clear that the changes were made to “introduce the RSS agenda to the tender minds of schoolchildren”. What is happening now?” According to a statement by the Kannada writer Baraguru Ramachandrappa, who headed the textbook review committee in 2005, the exercise included “27 sub-committees and 172 technical experts and teachers”.

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Karnataka govt forms panels for textbook revision, undo changes made during BJP regime
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka govt forms panels for textbook revision, undo changes made during BJP regime

Hindustan Times  

The state government has formed five new textbook revision committees, consisting of 37 experts, to revise Kannada and social subjects in school textbooks for the next academic year, and undo the changes made during the Bharatiya Janata Party regime in the state, officials familiar with the matter said. Former Karnataka education minister and BJP leader BC Nagesh criticised the move, …

Karnataka government forms new textbooks revision committee
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka government forms new textbooks revision committee

India Today  

An expert committee will be established to comprehensively revise the curriculum based on the new National Curriculum Framework. The Congress government had previously discarded the textbook revisions proposed by the Rohit Chakratheertha committee. Furthermore, a New Syllabus Revision Committee for the year 2023-24 has been formed, with Manjunath G Hegde serving as the coordinator of the textbook revision committee. The …

Karnataka government forms new committees to revise school textbooks in time for next academic year
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka government forms new committees to revise school textbooks in time for next academic year

The Hindu  

The State government has set up five committees, including 37 members, led by M.G. Once the Congress came to power, with little time to completely revise textbooks for this academic year, it re-revised them to make some “corrections, additions, and deletions” under the guidance of Mr. Ramachandrappa again, promising to bring revised textbooks for the next academic year. Separate committees …

Karnataka Congress releases revised textbooks corrigendum
1 year, 5 months ago

Karnataka Congress releases revised textbooks corrigendum

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Text Books Society has published 140 pages of revised school textbooks corrigendum of the Social Science and Kannada textbooks for classes 6 to 10 in state schools. According to the corrigendum, the revisions were made to Kannada first and second language for classes 6 to 10 and Social Science textbooks for classes 6, 7 and 10 in Kannada …

Kannada, social science text books to undergo 18 revisions in Karnataka: Govt
1 year, 6 months ago

Kannada, social science text books to undergo 18 revisions in Karnataka: Govt

Hindustan Times  

Days after the Karnataka Cabinet approved revision of school textbooks to undo the changes made during the previous BJP regime, the state government has ordered 18 major changes in Kananda and Social Science subjects for classes 6 to 10. According to the revisions released by the Karnataka Textbook Society, the Congress government has replaced RSS founder KB Hedgewar’s ‘Nijavada Adarsha …

Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

The Hindu  

Karnataka Cabinet on June 15 approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of class six to ten in the State, for the current academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V.D. The Congress had in its poll manifesto promised to undo the changes made to school textbooks when the BJP …

Panel to be formed, 15% revision in textbooks likely: Karnataka education minister
1 year, 6 months ago

Panel to be formed, 15% revision in textbooks likely: Karnataka education minister

Hindustan Times  

Amid the controversy over textbook revisions by the previous BJP regime in the state, primary and secondary education minister Madhu Bangarappa said on Saturday that a committee would be formed under the leadership of chief minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government is committed to fulfilling its promises. Siddaramaiah said the Congress government would take appropriate action so that education of …

Sahitya parishat raises objections to revised textbooks
2 years, 6 months ago

Sahitya parishat raises objections to revised textbooks

The Hindu  

Hopping on the bandwagon of those protesting against the revision of school textbooks by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-led committee, the Bengaluru unit of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat has raised objections to the neglect of icons from Karnataka in the revision process. In a release, unit president N. Prakash Murthy said that lessons on State icons of the Bhakti and Sufi movements, …

‘Congress’ aim is to politicise…': Karnataka education minister on textbook row
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Congress’ aim is to politicise…': Karnataka education minister on textbook row

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka education minister BC Nagesh hit out at the Congress over the ongoing textbook row. The education minister said that the Congress has been teaching “false things” to students. Education minister BC Nagesh The textbook controversy began when a speech by RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was reported to have been included in school textbooks, while a lesson on freedom …

Congress to protest against Karnataka textbook revision on June 9 in Bengaluru
2 years, 6 months ago

Congress to protest against Karnataka textbook revision on June 9 in Bengaluru

India Today  

Amid the escalating controversy over the revision of textbooks in Karnataka, the opposition party Congress has called a protest in Vidhana Soudha at 10 am on June 9, Thursday. The Karnataka government had been engulfed in a raging controversy after the textbook review committee included a lesson on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar's speech in school books. Lingayat seers also …

Open to correcting mistakes, ready to make changes: Karnataka CM over textbook row
2 years, 6 months ago

Open to correcting mistakes, ready to make changes: Karnataka CM over textbook row

India Today  

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai has reacted to the growing controversy over school textbooks. He said the government is ready to make changes and reprint the textbooks. We are ready to make changes and reprint the textbooks," the CM said. The Karnataka government had been engulfed in a raging controversy after the textbook review committee included a lesson on RSS founder …

CM Basavaraj Bommai rules out forming new textbook review panel, defends inclusion of chapter on RSS founder KB Hedgewar
2 years, 6 months ago

CM Basavaraj Bommai rules out forming new textbook review panel, defends inclusion of chapter on RSS founder KB Hedgewar

Firstpost  

The BJP-led state government has been embroiled in a controversy after the textbook review committee included RSS founder KB Hedgewar’s speech in school textbooks, while allegedly omitting chapters on freedom fighters, social reformers and litterateurs Bengaluru: After disbanding the state textbook review committee, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday ruled out forming a new panel and defended inclusion of a …

Why school textbook revision in Karnataka kicked up a storm
2 years, 6 months ago

Why school textbook revision in Karnataka kicked up a storm

India Today  

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, on June 3, stepped in to defuse the escalating row over revised school textbooks, which saw writers and religious seers voicing concerns about the new content even as activists and students’ organisations held street protests demanding that the BJP government in the state revert to the earlier texts. Review, re-review School textbooks from class 1 …

RSS-in-school-book row: Siddaramaiah slams Karnataka CM Bommai for dissolving review panel
2 years, 6 months ago

RSS-in-school-book row: Siddaramaiah slams Karnataka CM Bommai for dissolving review panel

India Today  

The leader of the opposition in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, took to Twitter to slam Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s decision to disband the textbook review committee. CM Bommai disbanded the textbook review committee on Saturday, June 4, amid allegations that the BJP government was trying to saffronise education in the state. A raging controversy emerged in Karnataka after a textbook review committee …

Karnataka textbook revision row | Lingayats warn of statewide agitation
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka textbook revision row | Lingayats warn of statewide agitation

The Hindu  

Condemning the misrepresentation of Basaveshwara in the Class IX Social Science textbook, members of the Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha staged a demonstration in Kalaburagi on Saturday. It is also a wrong representation of Basaveshwara’s life, because Shaiva gurus believe in Stavara Linga worship and they cannot give Ishta Linga Diksha to Basaveshwara. Ishta Linga was, in fact, a brainchild of Basaveshwara …

Explained | Why the protests over the school syllabus in Karnataka
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Why the protests over the school syllabus in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Karnataka textbook revision committee, headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha, has included a speech by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K.B. Nagesh and Commissioner of the Department of Public Instruction demanding revision of some lessons in the Class 6 and Class 8 social science textbooks which they said “hurt the sentiments of the Brahmin community.” On the basis …

Confusion galore over new version of textbooks
2 years, 6 months ago

Confusion galore over new version of textbooks

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s statement that the lesson on 12th century reformer Basavanna will suitably be re-edited so that no sentiments are hurt and the government had an open mind to revise any other objectionable content, has led to confusion not only among students and parents, but in the government itself. Mr. Bommai’s had also said on Friday night that …

Unnecessary controversy, says ex-CM as Bommai govt dissolves textbook panel
2 years, 6 months ago

Unnecessary controversy, says ex-CM as Bommai govt dissolves textbook panel

Hindustan Times  

Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal leader HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government in the state is creating several controversial issues unnecessarily, adding that he is “disappointed in the way” the administration is functioning. Kumaraswamy’s statement came a day after chief minister Basavaraj Bommai decided to dissolve the state's school textbook revision panel amid …

Karnataka textbook row: CM Bommai disbands review committee amid 'saffronisation' charge
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka textbook row: CM Bommai disbands review committee amid 'saffronisation' charge

India Today  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has disbanded the textbook review committee amid allegations that the BJP government was trying to saffronise education in the state. In a statement, CM Bommai said the textbook review committee had been dissolved as its designated work was completed. The Karnataka government had been engulfed in a raging controversy after the textbook review committee included …

CM disbands textbook review panel, to revise chapter on seer
2 years, 6 months ago

CM disbands textbook review panel, to revise chapter on seer

Hindustan Times  

Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday disbanded the school textbook revision committee amid growing allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party government is trying to saffronise education in the state. The government order said in the current textbooks, the government has an open mind to revise any objectionable issues and that a decision has been made to appropriately revise the issues …

Karnataka Government promises to ‘suitably alter’ content on Basaveshwara
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka Government promises to ‘suitably alter’ content on Basaveshwara

The Hindu  

With protests brewing over the revised school textbooks, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai late on Friday said the State government had “an open mind, if there was any objectionable content in them”, and announced that the material related to 12th century philosopher Basaveshwara would be “suitably altered in order not to hurt sentiments”. Many Veerashiva-Lingayat seers had raised objections to the …

K'taka textbook row: Lingayat seers urge CM Bommai to correct wrong description of social reformer Basavanna
2 years, 6 months ago

K'taka textbook row: Lingayat seers urge CM Bommai to correct wrong description of social reformer Basavanna

India Today  

Amid the escalating controversy over the revision of textbooks in Karnataka, Basavalinga Pattadevaru, the President of the Lingayat Mutts Union has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Pattadevaru has urged Bommai to correct the mistakes in the current syllabus regarding twelfth century social reformer Basavanna's teachings. CHANGES DAMAGING BASVANNA IDEALS In another development, Sanehalli Seer Panditaradhya Shivacharya …

Student and Kannada organisations want government to revert to old textbooks
2 years, 6 months ago

Student and Kannada organisations want government to revert to old textbooks

The Hindu  

Various student organisations on Tuesday held a protest against the recent textbook revision in the State, demanding that the government immediately revert to the old textbooks and that Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B.C. Kishan Devaiah, State convener, All-India Students’ Association, said that accessing education itself was a serious concern in rural areas, where access to textbooks, uniforms, and …

Congress demands the annulment of textbook revision committee
2 years, 6 months ago

Congress demands the annulment of textbook revision committee

The Hindu  

Shivakumar, president, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, has written to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanding him to ‘stop the unconstitutional attack on education’ in the State and immediately annul the textbook revision committee and restore the old textbooks. “Several senior writers have withdrawn their texts from the textbooks and several other writers have resigned from government committees in protest against the …

Karnataka CM Bommai seeks report after row erupts over revised school textbooks
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka CM Bommai seeks report after row erupts over revised school textbooks

India Today  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a report from Education Minister BC Nagesh after a row erupted over revised school textbooks. A revision committee headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha, to examine social science and language textbooks, recently revised social science textbooks from Classes 6 to 10 and Kannada language textbooks from Classes 1 to 10. READ | Did not remove …

Karnataka seer warns of agitation over textbook chapter on social reformer Basavanna
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka seer warns of agitation over textbook chapter on social reformer Basavanna

India Today  

A Karnataka seer has warned of state-wide agitation against the government if it fails to revise the 'misleading information' about social reformer Basavanna in revised school textbooks. Sanehalli-based Taralabalu Branch Mutt Seer Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swamiji has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in this regard. In his letter, the seer urged the government to correct the mistakes …

Lingayat seers in Karnataka upset with ‘wrong info’ on Basavanna in textbook
2 years, 6 months ago

Lingayat seers in Karnataka upset with ‘wrong info’ on Basavanna in textbook

The Hindu  

Amid the escalating controversy over the revision of textbooks and alleged disrespect to ‘Rashtrakavi’ Kuvempu, ‘Lingayat seers and leaders have objected to ‘wrong, twisted’ information on twelfth century social reformer Basavanna in the class 9 social science textbook. Sri Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swami of Sanehalli has written to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanding immediate withdrawal of the revised lesson. “It …

Bengaluru: Activists, lawyers protest against proposed revision of textbooks in Karnataka
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru: Activists, lawyers protest against proposed revision of textbooks in Karnataka

India Today  

Several activists and lawyers on Monday staged a protest outside the Civil Court in Bengaluru against the proposed changes to the Secondary School Leaving Certificate school textbooks in Karnataka. A major controversy erupted after the state government included the speech of a RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in the Class 10 Kannada revised textbook. Earlier, academicians and writers from across …

Congress leaders condemn ‘saffronisation’ of education, seek new panel to revise textbooks
2 years, 6 months ago

Congress leaders condemn ‘saffronisation’ of education, seek new panel to revise textbooks

The Hindu  

Congress leader and former Education Minister B.K. Chandrashekar and MP L. Hanumanthaiah on Thursday hit out at the State government’s attempts at “saffronisation” of school education and claimed that Primary and Secondary Education Minister B.C Nagesh has been implementing this agenda at the behest of the Central government. Mr. Hanumanthaiah alleged that the government had insulted Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan …

Opposition slams Karnataka government over textbook redraft
2 years, 7 months ago

Opposition slams Karnataka government over textbook redraft

The Hindu  

The Opposition Congress and JD have slammed the BJP government for redrafting textbooks - dropping a lesson on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh authored by G. Ramakrishna and including a speech by RSS founder K.B. “Tomorrow they may want to edge out Mahatma Gandhi from textbooks,” he said. Ugrappa said this was an attempt by the BJP to communally polarise children …

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