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The new revised textbooks for government and aided schools in Kerala have been welcomed by both teachers and students alike for promoting gender equality and challenging patriarchal norms in its curriculum. Government schools in Kerala welcome new gender-neutral curriculum The Class 3 Malayalam textbook, revised by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, for example, has an insightful lesson …

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The Congress government in Karnataka has decided to revise textbooks across the state by reintroducing works from several “progressive” writers in Kannada textbooks from the 2024-25 academic year onwards. A recent report submitted by the Textbooks Revision Committee suggested bringing back lessons on social reformers including Savitribai Phule and Periyar, and undoing the deletions made by the previous Bharatiya Janata …

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Karnataka Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa On School Textbooks Revision Removing Lesson On RSS Keshav Baliram Hedgewar

While attempts by the BJP government in Karnataka to “glorify” Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar has been in the news, it has now come to light that a lesson on him has been inserted in the revised high school curriculum by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed textbook revision committee. Gatti’s “Kalavannu Geddavaru” lesson instead of the lesson “Blood Group.” This lesson is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Did not remove lesson on Bhagat Singh from textbooks, clarifies Karnataka government

Omission of lesson on Bhagat Singh from K'taka school textbook shameful: AAP

Hitting out at the BJP government in Karnataka over reports about removal of a lesson on Bhagat Singh from a school textbook, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said it's an insult to the sacrifice made by the iconic freedom fighter, and demanded a roll back of the decision. Taking to Twitter, the AAP national convenor said the country …

Section of academics slam inclusion of Hedgewar lesson in textbook

The Karnataka government’s decision to include Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder Keshava Balirama Hedgewar speech as a lesson in Class X Kannada textbook has been criticised by a section of academics and activists, while Higher Education Minister B.C. Niranjanaradhya said, “In the name of rationalisation of curriculum and correcting mistakes, the textbook revision committee in Karnataka has proposed many irrational changes …

Nowadays, the world has opened up and people are discussing a variety of different topics that were less talked about. So, a picture of a textbook page featuring a lesson dedicated to challenging gender roles has surfaced on social media. The now-viral picture features a page from an ICSE social science textbook for Class 3 students. The lesson titled “Changing …