CBSE syllabus reduction: Leave politics out of education, says HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
"Education is our sacred duty towards our children. Let us leave politics out of education and make our politics more educated," HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said in a tweet.
HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal (File Photo)NEW DELHI: A day after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) revised the syllabus for the classes IX to XII for the academic session 2020-21 in the wake of the situation created by COVID-19, a controversy erupted with the Opposition alleging that chapters on India's democracy and plurality are being "dropped" to propagate a particular ideology.
Responding to the controversy, the HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal took to Twitter to say, "There has been a lot of uninformed commentary on the exclusion of some topics from #CBSESyllabus. The problem with these comments is that they resort to sensationalism by connecting topics selectively to portray a false narrative."
"It is our humble request: #Education is our sacred duty towards our children. Let us leave politics out of education and make our politics more educated," he said in a series of tweets.
In Biology, portions of Mineral Nutrition, Digestion & Absorption have been excluded. "It can be no one’s argument that these topics have also being excluded by malice or some grand design which only partisan minds can decipher," Pokhriyal said.
"Similarly, some of the excluded topics in #Maths are Properties of Determinants, Consistency, Inconsistency, and Number of Solutions of System of Linear Equations by Examples and Binomial Probability Distribution," he added further.
The CBSE had revised the syllabus for the classes IX to XII during the academic session 2020-21 in the wake of the situation created by COVID-19. Topics removed from CBSE syllabus includes "democratic rights" and "food security in India" from Class 9 syllabus, four chapters from democratic politics- "democracy and diversity", "gender, religion and caste", "popular struggles and movement", and "challenges to democracy" from Class 10 syllabus, apart from others.
In a circular issued to all the heads of the institutions affiliated to it, the CBSE said that the revision of syllabi has been done due to extraordinary situation prevailing in the country and different parts of the world.
Responding to the controversy, the HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal took to Twitter to say, "There has been a lot of uninformed commentary on the exclusion of some topics from #CBSESyllabus. The problem with these comments is that they resort to sensationalism by connecting topics selectively to portray a false narrative."
There has been a lot of uninformed commentary on the exclusion of some topics from #CBSESyllabus. The problem with… https://t.co/VP6xUJoBjE
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) 1594276335000"It is our humble request: #Education is our sacred duty towards our children. Let us leave politics out of education and make our politics more educated," he said in a series of tweets.
It is our humble request: #Education is our sacred duty towards our children. Let us leave politics out of educatio… https://t.co/ofjlXTpTEz
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) 1594276338000In Biology, portions of Mineral Nutrition, Digestion & Absorption have been excluded. "It can be no one’s argument that these topics have also being excluded by malice or some grand design which only partisan minds can decipher," Pokhriyal said.
"Similarly, some of the excluded topics in #Maths are Properties of Determinants, Consistency, Inconsistency, and Number of Solutions of System of Linear Equations by Examples and Binomial Probability Distribution," he added further.
The CBSE had revised the syllabus for the classes IX to XII during the academic session 2020-21 in the wake of the situation created by COVID-19. Topics removed from CBSE syllabus includes "democratic rights" and "food security in India" from Class 9 syllabus, four chapters from democratic politics- "democracy and diversity", "gender, religion and caste", "popular struggles and movement", and "challenges to democracy" from Class 10 syllabus, apart from others.
In a circular issued to all the heads of the institutions affiliated to it, the CBSE said that the revision of syllabi has been done due to extraordinary situation prevailing in the country and different parts of the world.
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