How RSS textbooks are reshaping Indian history and science under Modi
1 year, 1 month ago

How RSS textbooks are reshaping Indian history and science under Modi

Al Jazeera  

The chain of schools run by the BJP’s far-right ideological mentor also served as a laboratory for government changes to syllabuses. “The NEP has taken some of our schools’ practices to the broader sphere,” he said, hoping for more information from the Sanskriti Bodhmala books to find their way into the formal national school syllabus. ‘Glorious culture’ Vidya Bharati says its cultural awareness examination for students was introduced in their schools “with a view to transmitting a glorious culture to the new generation”. The Sanskriti Bodhmala books are published by Vidya Bharati Sanskriti Shiksha Sansthan, whose former president, Govind Prasad Sharma, served on the BJP government’s National Curriculum Framework’s steering committee formed in 2021. According to Vidya Bharati’s national president D Ramakrishna Rao, “senior and retired teachers” of their schools were being picked up as resource people in many Indian states for writing textbooks for government schools.

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MP govt orders to incorporate books authored by RSS leaders into curriculum of colleges
7 months, 2 weeks ago

MP govt orders to incorporate books authored by RSS leaders into curriculum of colleges

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party-led Madhya Pradesh government issued a directive regarding incorporating books authored by leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh into the curriculum of colleges across the state. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on August 6 dubbed the allegation that the Preamble to the Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks as baseless. The comments from the education minister came …

‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ in textbooks: Centre rejects Kerala’s call for rethink
1 year, 2 months ago

‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ in textbooks: Centre rejects Kerala’s call for rethink

New Indian Express  

“India’s Constitution recognises both ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ as the official names of the country, which can be used interchangeably. The Social Science committee of NCERT -- chaired by historian Prof C I Isaac -- had suggested that ‘India’ should be called ‘Bharat’ in all social science textbooks up to Class XII. Justifying the panel’s recommendation, Pradhan said NCERT has been …

Oppn terms ‘Bharat’ proposal for NCERT books ‘political gimmick’
1 year, 5 months ago

Oppn terms ‘Bharat’ proposal for NCERT books ‘political gimmick’

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The recommendation of the National Council of Educational Research and Training panel on social sciences that have suggested in a position paper that India be replaced by “Bharat” as the country’s name in school textbooks evoked sharp responses from opposition parties, particularly those from the southern states, which called the move a “political gimmick” and an attempt to …

'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports about move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in textbooks
1 year, 5 months ago

'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports about move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in textbooks

Firstpost  

NCERT said that since ’the development of new syllabus and textbooks is in the process and for that purpose various Curricular Area Groups of domain experts are being notified so it is too premature to comment on the news being flashed in the media on the concerned issue' NCERT on Wednesday said that “it is too premature to comment” on …

Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks
1 year, 9 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 …

Why is India cutting back on teaching evolution in schools?
1 year, 9 months ago

Why is India cutting back on teaching evolution in schools?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, June 14 at 19:30 GMT: This school year, students under 16 will no longer be taught about evolution or the periodic table of elements. The changes to textbooks – which include historical revisions that suit a Hindu nationalist agenda – have shocked educators in the country, who fear the curriculum changes are a sign of a greater acceptance …

Why is Modi so scared of history textbooks?
1 year, 11 months ago

Why is Modi so scared of history textbooks?

Al Jazeera  

The PM’s party is editing textbooks to create a fantasy of India as a Hindu-only nation that has always been loving and just. After nine years in power, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has finally defeated the long departed Mughal Empire and other Muslim rulers. It’s shocking – how will students make sense of present-day India without …

'Whitewashing fake history': Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on deletion from NCERT textbooks
1 year, 11 months ago

'Whitewashing fake history': Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on deletion from NCERT textbooks

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a Facebook post, criticised the decision to remove certain chapters and sections from the NCERT textbooks, which he believes has a political motive. — Pinarayi Vijayan April 7, 2023 Pointing out the removal of the sections on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and the subsequent banning of the RSS from the Class 12 political science textbook, …

Outcry after Indian education body deletes portions on Gandhi, RSS, Gujarat riots from school textbooks
1 year, 11 months ago

Outcry after Indian education body deletes portions on Gandhi, RSS, Gujarat riots from school textbooks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A government agency for education …

On NCERT-Mughals row, Kapil Sibal says ‘PM Modi’s Bharat…’
1 year, 11 months ago

On NCERT-Mughals row, Kapil Sibal says ‘PM Modi’s Bharat…’

Hindustan Times  

Amid the raging controversy over the National Council of Educational Research and Training allegedly removing certain portions on Mughal courts from class 12 history textbooks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP government. Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has reacted to the controversy over NCERT's alleged removal of certain portions on Mughal history from …

Consistent with PM Modi's India…: Kapil Sibal snipes at govt over revisions in NCERT textbooks
1 year, 11 months ago

Consistent with PM Modi's India…: Kapil Sibal snipes at govt over revisions in NCERT textbooks

India Today  

In a veiled attack on the Centre, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday disparaged the decision to drop lessons on Mughal courts from the National Council of Educational Research and Training books. In a tweet, Sibal said, "NCERT textbooks: Effaced: 1) Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu Muslim unity 2) Banning of RSS 3) All references to Gujarat riots 4) Protests …

NCERT drops texts on Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from Class 12 textbook
1 year, 11 months ago

NCERT drops texts on Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from Class 12 textbook

India TV News  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has removed several texts on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity and RSS from CBSE Class 12 Political Science textbook for the new academic session 2023-24. The topics which have been removed from the Class 12 textbook include "Gandhiji's death had a magical effect on communal situation in the country", "Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu-Muslim …

NEP: 'Students to be taught the 'corrected' version of Indian history' says Dharmendra Pradhan
2 years, 3 months ago

NEP: 'Students to be taught the 'corrected' version of Indian history' says Dharmendra Pradhan

India TV News  

National Education Policy: Students across the country will now get to learn the corrected version of Indian history from January 26. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan highlighting the positive aspects of the National Education Policy said that now the students will be taught the "corrected" version of Indian history from January 26. Corrected version of Indian history to be taught At …

Shlokas from Bhagavad Gita and knowledge from Vedas to be included in NCERT textbooks says MoS Education Annapurna Devi
2 years, 3 months ago

Shlokas from Bhagavad Gita and knowledge from Vedas to be included in NCERT textbooks says MoS Education Annapurna Devi

Op India  

On Monday, 19 December, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha that the National Council of Education Research and Training should include Shlokas from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and knowledge from Vedas in textbooks in Sanskrit from classes 11th to 12th. Annapurna Devi, Minister of State for Education, stated in a written response that the ministry formed the Indian Knowledge System Division …

Three reasons why Indian school textbooks need an overhaul and a rewriting
3 years, 3 months ago

Three reasons why Indian school textbooks need an overhaul and a rewriting

Firstpost  

Importance of school textbooks in our lives cannot be undermined. Similarly, it was observed that school textbooks do not give adequate coverage to some of the great Indian empires like that of Cholas, Chalukyas, Vijayanagar, Gondwana or that of Travancore and Ahoms of the northeastern region, whose contributions in the expansion of India’s standing on the world stage cannot be …

Why Indian history textbooks are in absolute and urgent need of revision
3 years, 3 months ago

Why Indian history textbooks are in absolute and urgent need of revision

Firstpost  

I guess I was asked to write this article because I’m a Westerner who has been defending India for a long time, and I have written many books, both in French and in English, which rewrite Indian history. Compare this with Shivaji Maharaj, who is only given a few lines in Indian history books — and sometimes even called “a …

New education policy key to making of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, says PM
4 years, 1 month ago

New education policy key to making of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, says PM

The Hindu  

Describing the new education policy as a major milestone in the making of an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore developed systems at Visva-Bharati which were the medium of modernising Indian education and freeing it from the shackles of slavery. Mr. Modi, who was virtually addressing the convocation at Visva-Bharati University, said the new …

Meeting held to discuss revision of NCERT history textbooks
4 years, 2 months ago

Meeting held to discuss revision of NCERT history textbooks

Op India  

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education met on Wednesday to discuss the revision of current National Council of Educational Research and Training history textbooks in schools. During the debate over the need for change in the syllabus, former NCERT director JS Rajput and representatives of the Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal told the committee that current history textbooks in schools are not …

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's achievements to be taught in schools
6 years, 7 months ago

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's achievements to be taught in schools

India Today  

In order to teach students about the achievements of former political leaders of India, Education Minister Vasudev Devnani has recently announced that the milestones achieved during the regime of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be included in school textbooks in Rajasthan. As per reports, the achievements of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be included in school books from …

Now this is how you can decide what Indian students should be taught in schools
7 years ago

Now this is how you can decide what Indian students should be taught in schools

Op India  

The Indian education system has since long been a subject of criticism for a variety of reasons. Now the Prakash Javadekar led Human Resource Development ministry has decided to conduct a novel experiment in order to possibly give education back to the masses by seeking suggestions regarding how to rationalise school curriculum from class I to XII. Promoted under the …

NCERT to include Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao in syllabus: Narendra Modi govt on self-promotion overdrive?
7 years, 7 months ago

NCERT to include Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao in syllabus: Narendra Modi govt on self-promotion overdrive?

Firstpost  

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao, Modi’s Digital India campaign and demonetisation are likely to be included in NCERT textbooks for the next academic session. The Indian Express reported on Thursday that Narendra Modi-led Centre government’s pet projects like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan, Digital India campaign and demonetisation are likely to be included in NCERT textbooks for …

'We are teaching original history': Education Minister Vasudev Devnani talks about changes in Rajasthan textbooks
7 years, 7 months ago

'We are teaching original history': Education Minister Vasudev Devnani talks about changes in Rajasthan textbooks

India Today  

The Festival of Education recently concluded in Jaipur after two days of talks, sessions and exhibitions from some of the most important personnel from the various industries in India including the likes of Shankar Mahadevan, Akshay Kumar, Shabana Azmi, and Raghu Rai who spoke about the careers emerging in the fields of liberal arts. Vasudev Devnani, the education minister of …

History of Mughals, western countries 'irrelevant': How state education boards create 'nationalist' textbooks
7 years, 7 months ago

History of Mughals, western countries 'irrelevant': How state education boards create 'nationalist' textbooks

India Today  

The Maharashtra State Education Board has deemed the history of Mughals and western countries 'irrelevant' for Class VII and IX students. Students studying in schools under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will now study Shivaji's Maratha empire instead of Mughal history. The change in the syllabus reportedly took place after a meeting led by the …

Prakash Javadekar tells Rajya Sabha there are no plans to remove Rabindranath Tagore from school books
7 years, 8 months ago

Prakash Javadekar tells Rajya Sabha there are no plans to remove Rabindranath Tagore from school books

Firstpost  

The government has no plan to remove Ravindranath Tagore from school textbooks, HRD Minister Prakash Javedekar told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. New Delhi: The government has no plan to remove Ravindranath Tagore from school textbooks, HRD Minister Prakash Javedekar told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Javadekar said for NCERT books, teachers and others have been asked to give suggestions to correct …

References to Jawaharlal Nehru omitted in Rajasthan textbook: Congress
8 years, 10 months ago

References to Jawaharlal Nehru omitted in Rajasthan textbook: Congress

Live Mint  

Jaipur: References to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his contributions have been dropped from a new Social Science textbook for Class 8 in Bharatiya Janata Party -ruled Rajasthan. Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot said the party would launch an agitation against the “deliberate” omission of Nehru’s name, adding the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP can tweak textbooks …

Jawaharlal Nehru erased from new Class 8 textbooks in Rajasthan
8 years, 10 months ago

Jawaharlal Nehru erased from new Class 8 textbooks in Rajasthan

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur: Students studying in Class 8 in schools of Rajasthan will not be told who Jawaharlal Nehru was. The new social science textbook for Class 8 does not mention Nehru either as a freedom fighter or as the first Prime Minister of independent India, according to a media report. Not yet available in the market but uploaded on the website …

Read my books before you condemn me, says Dinanath Batra on his moral science texts for Haryana schools
9 years, 6 months ago

Read my books before you condemn me, says Dinanath Batra on his moral science texts for Haryana schools

Firstpost  

Chandigarh: The BJP government in Haryana is all set to introduce six books by RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra in the state schools from the next academic session. “The books will contain lessons on moral education, character building, respect for Indian culture and values, good conduct and manners, respect for duties and importance of discipline in life. Batra, who is on …

Raje govt asks college libraries to keep biography on RSS founder
9 years, 8 months ago

Raje govt asks college libraries to keep biography on RSS founder

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan government has asked state-run colleges to introduce the RSS founder’s biography in their libraries, it emerged on Friday, setting the stage for a potential backlash by critics who accuse the BJP regime at the Centre of trying to saffronise education. The directorate of college education sent out a circular dated July 9 asking government colleges to purchase a …

RSS strikes again: 'Foreigners' Isaac Newton, Akbar the great to be chucked out of Rajasthan text books
9 years, 11 months ago

RSS strikes again: 'Foreigners' Isaac Newton, Akbar the great to be chucked out of Rajasthan text books

Firstpost  

The RSS campaign to purge the Indian education system of all ‘foreign’ influences is due to get a huge boost in Rajasthan, where moves are underway to effectively rewrite 6.5 crore textbooks in the state. According to a report in the Indian Express, primary and secondary education minister, RSS member Vasudev Devnani is set to oust names like Akbar the …

Modi's educational reform may promote Hindu right wing ideology: NYT
10 years, 5 months ago

Modi's educational reform may promote Hindu right wing ideology: NYT

Firstpost  

An influential US newspaper has suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational reform could be used to promote Hindu right wing ideology. Washington: An influential US newspaper has suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational reform could be used to promote an ideology that sees “India’s history through the prism of the Hindu right wing.” Modi “has promised India’s youth …

Modi's educational reform may promote ideology of Hindu right: NYT
10 years, 5 months ago

Modi's educational reform may promote ideology of Hindu right: NYT

India TV News  

Washington: An influential US newspaper has suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational reform could be used to promote an ideology that sees "India's history through the prism of the Hindu right wing." Modi "has promised India's youth a bright future," the New York Times wrote in an editorial published Thursday, with his Bharatiya Janata Party's 2014 Election Manifesto calling …

Preparing a blueprint to 'Indianise' education: Dinanath Batra
10 years, 8 months ago

Preparing a blueprint to 'Indianise' education: Dinanath Batra

Firstpost  

Dinanath Batra, an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has a new mission: preparing a “blueprint” for “Indianising” the country’s education system and liberating it from the clutches of western education. By Gaurav Sharma, IANS New Delhi: After getting American scholar Wendy Doniger’s book on Hinduism pulped, retired 85-year-old teacher and educationist Dinanath Batra, an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra …

Preparing a blueprint to Indianise education: Dinanath Batra
10 years, 8 months ago

Preparing a blueprint to Indianise education: Dinanath Batra

India TV News  

New Delhi: After getting American scholar Wendy Doniger's book on Hinduism pulped, retired 85-year-old teacher and educationist Dinanath Batra, an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has a new mission: preparing a “blueprint” for “Indianising” the country's education system and liberating it from the clutches of western education. Emboldened by the Gujarat government's move to make his books supplementary reading …

Dinanath Batra's books are a must-read in Gujarat schools
10 years, 8 months ago

Dinanath Batra's books are a must-read in Gujarat schools

The Hindu  

Dinanath Batra, author who was responsible for the pulping of American scholar Wendy Doniger’s book, has been prescribed compulsory reading in Gujarat schools. The State government has issued a circular dated June 30 for six of Dr. Batra’s books to all 42,000 primary and secondary schools in the State, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, told The Hindu. A local daily …

Get your facts right: Cong workers send Modi history text books
11 years, 4 months ago

Get your facts right: Cong workers send Modi history text books

Firstpost  

Youth Congress workers on Wednesday sent a package containing history textbooks to BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a “Diwali gift”, claiming it was meant to help him “improve his knowledge” of the subject. Mumbai: Youth Congress workers on Wednesday sent a package containing history textbooks to BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a “Diwali gift”, claiming it …

Is the Government Shaping India’s Past Through School Textbooks?
21 years, 9 months ago

Is the Government Shaping India’s Past Through School Textbooks?

The Hindu  

The history of India is being retold. In the field of history, the NCERT had managed to persuade some of the outstanding historians of India most of whom are in the list of `eminent historians’ derisively described so by Arun Shourie, now Disinvestment Minister to write books for school children from Class VI onwards. The NCERT has published four textbooks …

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