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Opposition flags RSS, ABVP links in NCERT panel
The reconstituted 20-member NCERT Textbook Development Team for Class 11 and 12 Political Science has faced opposition criticism over its composition. The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), Congress and NSUI allege that at least…
The reconstituted 20-member NCERT Textbook Development Team for Class 11 and 12 Political Science has faced opposition criticism over its composition. The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), Congress and NSUI allege that at least four members have direct or indirect links with the RSS and its student wing, ABVP.
The opposition has questioned whether the panel can maintain academic neutrality while revising content on secularism, federalism, fundamental rights, democracy and social justice. Congress called the move “Sanghikaran” and accused the Centre of reshaping educational material along ideological lines. The NCP (SP) and other opposition leaders said the textbooks will influence how students understand the Constitution, democratic institutions and India’s pluralistic traditions. The controversy comes amid continuing political disputes over revisions to NCERT textbooks and their interpretation of modern Indian history and political development.
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NCERT textbooks are widely used in CBSE schools, so changes to senior-secondary Political Science can affect classroom teaching and examination preparation across the country. The revision process will have to balance subject expertise, constitutional principles and the need for age-appropriate material. Any disputed passages can face scrutiny from teachers, academics, state education authorities and political parties after draft or revised books are made public. The next signal will be the panel’s revised content and NCERT’s decision on whether to publish it.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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