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NEW DELHI: Revising references to ‘demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya (known as Babri Masjid)’ or tweaking the reference to ‘Manipur’s merger with India’ and ‘killing of Muslims in 2002 Gujarat riots‘ in class XII textbooks was an “updation” exercise and “not syllabus revision”, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) said on Friday.
NCERT’s updation exercise also corrected old errors in political science textbooks such as: “In 1991 BJP – (won) 221 and Congress – (won) 244” whereas it should have been “BJP – 120 and Congress – 232”.
This included changing words ‘caste background’ to ‘social background’ in class VII history textbook which stated, “There were 63 Nayanars, who belonged to different caste backgrounds, such as potters, ‘untouchable’ workers, peasants, hunters, soldiers, Brahmanas and chiefs”.
The changes have been made in political science textbooks of classes XI and XII, as well as in social science books of classes IX, VII and X.
According to Dinesh Prasad Saklani, director, NCERT, the tweaks are part of a routine update and are not linked to the development of new books as per the New Curriculum Framework (NCF). “Changes are made based on reviews by experts and feedback from stakeholders. Moreover, most recent interpretation, new developments, scientific findings and decisions on the subject matter need to be placed. Once the court (Supreme Court) has given its decision on Ram Mandir, the subject should be contextualised accordingly,” said Saklani.
According to a document detailing the changes prepared by the curriculum drafting committee of NCERT, the references to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement have been tweaked “as per latest development in politics.”
Stating that in riots people across communities suffer and it cannot be just one community, the content in class XI textbook has been changed to “more than 1,000 persons were killed during the post Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.”
The rationale for changing, “A second criticism is that secularism is linked to Christianity that it is western” to “A second criticism is that secularism is a Western concept” in class XI political science book is that mentioning religion is a “needless reference”.
On Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the earlier textbook stated “India claims that this area is under illegal occupation. Pakistan describes this area as Azad Pakistan“. The changed version says, “However, it is the Indian territory which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and called as Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir.” NCERT’s rationale behind the alteration is that the “change that has been introduced is in complete concurrence with the latest position of the Govt of India in regard to Jammu and Kashmir”.
NCERT’s updation exercise also corrected old errors in political science textbooks such as: “In 1991 BJP – (won) 221 and Congress – (won) 244” whereas it should have been “BJP – 120 and Congress – 232”.
This included changing words ‘caste background’ to ‘social background’ in class VII history textbook which stated, “There were 63 Nayanars, who belonged to different caste backgrounds, such as potters, ‘untouchable’ workers, peasants, hunters, soldiers, Brahmanas and chiefs”.
The changes have been made in political science textbooks of classes XI and XII, as well as in social science books of classes IX, VII and X.
According to Dinesh Prasad Saklani, director, NCERT, the tweaks are part of a routine update and are not linked to the development of new books as per the New Curriculum Framework (NCF). “Changes are made based on reviews by experts and feedback from stakeholders. Moreover, most recent interpretation, new developments, scientific findings and decisions on the subject matter need to be placed. Once the court (Supreme Court) has given its decision on Ram Mandir, the subject should be contextualised accordingly,” said Saklani.
According to a document detailing the changes prepared by the curriculum drafting committee of NCERT, the references to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement have been tweaked “as per latest development in politics.”
Stating that in riots people across communities suffer and it cannot be just one community, the content in class XI textbook has been changed to “more than 1,000 persons were killed during the post Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.”
The rationale for changing, “A second criticism is that secularism is linked to Christianity that it is western” to “A second criticism is that secularism is a Western concept” in class XI political science book is that mentioning religion is a “needless reference”.
On Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the earlier textbook stated “India claims that this area is under illegal occupation. Pakistan describes this area as Azad Pakistan“. The changed version says, “However, it is the Indian territory which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and called as Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir.” NCERT’s rationale behind the alteration is that the “change that has been introduced is in complete concurrence with the latest position of the Govt of India in regard to Jammu and Kashmir”.
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