JAIPUR: The new Congress executive in the state will assessment the RSS influence on education and faculty textbooks while restoring the roles of nationwide icons like father of the country Mahatma Gandhi and Pt Jawaharlal Nehru.
Taking price of the dep. on Friday, education minister Govind Singh Dotasara said, “The Vasundhara Raje executive minimized the contribution of dad of the country Mahatma Gandhi and Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, who performed essential roles in the fight for Independence. Same remedy used to be meted out to other nationwide icons like ex-PM Manmohan Singh. I can ensure that these nationwide icons’ rightful places are restored in the textbooks.”
He said choices like offering ‘saffron colored cycles’, posting RSS-backed officials on boards and councils and changing curriculum will also be reviewed.
In his first meeting with officers, Dotasara directed them to organize a standing report at the revision of textbooks. “References and chapters preaching bigotry and falsehood will be got rid of,” said the minister.
The revision of textbooks is anticipated to be an uphill task for the cash-crunch executive. It is unlikely to happen for the 2019-20 consultation, which will begin April 2019.
The Raje executive carried out revision of textbooks in 2015-16, downsizing the contribution of Congress leaders of the Independence technology. The RSS-backed revision carried out by way of State Institute of Educational Research and Training (SIERT) additionally disregarded the works of John Keats, Thomas Hardy, William Blake, T S Eliot and Edward Lear in the revised Class VIII English textbooks.
Chapters by way of Muslim writers axed
Jaipur: Chapters authored by way of Muslim writers like Ismat Chugtai were additionally axed. They were replaced by way of mostly lesser-known authors whose works have a regional flavour. As the talk picked up, a few of them were restored in the Class IX and XI textbooks.
The RSS-backed participants sitting on boards like Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE), SIERT and Rajasthan State Textbook Board (RSTB) also are in the line of fireside, said source.
Taking price of the dep. on Friday, education minister Govind Singh Dotasara said, “The Vasundhara Raje executive minimized the contribution of dad of the country Mahatma Gandhi and Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, who performed essential roles in the fight for Independence. Same remedy used to be meted out to other nationwide icons like ex-PM Manmohan Singh. I can ensure that these nationwide icons’ rightful places are restored in the textbooks.”
He said choices like offering ‘saffron colored cycles’, posting RSS-backed officials on boards and councils and changing curriculum will also be reviewed.
In his first meeting with officers, Dotasara directed them to organize a standing report at the revision of textbooks. “References and chapters preaching bigotry and falsehood will be got rid of,” said the minister.
The revision of textbooks is anticipated to be an uphill task for the cash-crunch executive. It is unlikely to happen for the 2019-20 consultation, which will begin April 2019.
The Raje executive carried out revision of textbooks in 2015-16, downsizing the contribution of Congress leaders of the Independence technology. The RSS-backed revision carried out by way of State Institute of Educational Research and Training (SIERT) additionally disregarded the works of John Keats, Thomas Hardy, William Blake, T S Eliot and Edward Lear in the revised Class VIII English textbooks.
Chapters by way of Muslim writers axed
Jaipur: Chapters authored by way of Muslim writers like Ismat Chugtai were additionally axed. They were replaced by way of mostly lesser-known authors whose works have a regional flavour. As the talk picked up, a few of them were restored in the Class IX and XI textbooks.
The RSS-backed participants sitting on boards like Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE), SIERT and Rajasthan State Textbook Board (RSTB) also are in the line of fireside, said source.
Education department to review ‘RSS influence’ on textbooks
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