‘Why should we teach about riots in schools?': NCERT chief on tweaks in textbooks

National Council of Educational Research Training director Dinesh Prasad Saklani on Sunday rejected charges of ‘saffronisation’ of school curriculum, after revised textbooks with numerous deletion and changes hit the market. Saklani, who took over as NCERT director in 2022, said references to Babri Masjid demolition and 2002 Gujarat riots can “create violent and depressed citizens”, a PTI report added. National Council of Educational Research and Training director Dinesh Prasad Saklani during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi. The NCERT director said,"If Supreme Court has given a verdict in favour of Ram temple, Babri masjid or Ram janmabhoomi, should it not be included in our textbooks, what is the problem in that?"