NCERT says that without these revisions, made in the Class XI political science textbook, the chapter on secularism came across as a 'justification of vote bank politics'.
It was also suggested that NCERT should collaborate with the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD) for the standardization of branding of educational programs.
EC proposal is 'an outcome of high-level correspondence starting from 2016, between chief election commissioner and HRD (now education) minister', show official records.
India’s school curriculum has undergone four revisions—in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005—with the last one driven by the politically contested nature of syllabus restructuring under BJP in 2000.
RJD's Manoj Jha, Congress's Shivakumar to DMK's Annadurai hit out at NCERT & BJP. BJP's Tamil Nadu vice-president says NCERT chairman has given valid reasons for recommendation.
Panel chairman Prof C.I. Issac (Retd), a historian and RSS ideologue, says committee has also suggested toning down the focus on ‘Hindu defeats’ in social sciences curriculum.
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To quote Tilak: Has the government/NCERT lost its mind?