Kerala: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan releases additional textbooks to reintroduce portions deleted by NCERT
Also read: Chandrayaan-3: Anand Mahindra slams British anchor for remarks about India's poverty, toilets, says ‘it helps restore…’ The Chief Minister pointed out that in classes 11 and 12, students receive 44 textbooks for 12 subjects from NCERT. He raised concerns that students were being exposed to textbooks influenced by vested interests.
Also read: Chandrayaan-3 news: ISRO releases pictures of Moon mission's landing site Pinarayi Vijayan voiced the potential dangers of these changes, suggesting that they could impact how children perceive society and history. He warned against moulding a generation with biases and a lack of humanity, which could threaten secular thinking and a harmonious society.
The state government's alternative approach aims to address these concerns. While NCERT stated that its textbook alterations aimed to reduce the academic burden and rationalise content based on expert opinions, Chief Minister Vijayan expressed doubts about the undisclosed identity of these experts.
"They say that such opinions are put forward by experts. But, who are these experts is not even revealed," the Chief Minister further added.
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