Express News Service
PATNA: Bihar’s two ruling allies — the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) — have locked horns over the CBSE dropping chapters in regards to the Non-Aligned Movement and the rise of Islamic empires in Indo-African territories amongst others from the historical past and political science syllabi of Classes eleventh and twelfth.
Besides these, the CBSE has additionally proposed to drop chapters in regards to the Cold War period, the chronicles of Mughals and the Industrial Revolution.
Contending that there was no justification for dropping these chapters, Bihar schooling minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary stated on Monday that he had no official details about CBSE dropping the chapters from the historical past and political science syllabi of Classes eleventh and twelfth.
He stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi had opened a Prime Minister’s Museum as the approaching era would be capable of know in regards to the nation’s historical past by visiting it. Children would additionally know in regards to the Non-Aligned Movement and Mughal rule, he added.
Chaudhary stated that the Non-Aligned Movement was led by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and later the Shimla settlement was signed. Even now when any dialogue is held with Pakistan, the neighbouring nation is reminded of the Shimla settlement, he added.
“We know about old issues only because we read history, there is no justification for removing these chapters from the CBSE syllabi,” Chaudhary, who is taken into account near Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, stated.
However, labour assets minister Jibesh Kumar stated that the CBSE’s assume thank had performed a phenomenal job by dropping these chapters. He stated the presentation of distorted info in historical past textbooks was in opposition to cultural nationalism. “The chapters covering distorted history were an insult to the nation and should be definitely dropped,” he contended.
He asserted that kids ought to be taught the wonderful historical past of the nation. The important opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal additionally raised objection over elimination of chapters from the CBSE’s syllabi. Leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav stated it was a fallacious precedent.
