Congress opposes educating faculty college students in regards to the partition
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On Thursday, August 24, Congress chief Manickam Tagore stated that he has written a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wherein he requested that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) rethink its choice to carry an exhibition on themes pertaining to Indo-Pak partition.
In his letter dated August twenty first, the Congress MP from Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar raised concern over CBSE’s choice to carry exhibitions on the theme of partition saying that such a transfer would instil hatred into the minds of India’s youthful generations. Tagore urged the Centre to ‘preserve’ social concord by withdrawing its choice on this regard.
“I express my concern towards the decision made by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) regarding the organization of exhibitions on the theme of ‘Partition’ in schools. I earnestly urge you to reconsider and withdraw this decision so as not to spread hatred among the minds of our younger generations and to preserve the social harmony of our society,” Tagore said in his letter.
The Congress MP additional asserted that though you will need to study from the occasions of the nation’s historical past, this topic ought to be approached with “sensitivity and consideration for the impressionable minds of our youths.”
Moreover, the letter appeared like a balancing act the place the Congress MP on one hand is speaking in regards to the significance of studying about historic occasions, and on the opposite, he’s stressing that younger college students be taught about historical past in such a fashion that “fosters understanding, compassion, and a sense of unity among our young generations.”
Wrote to Education Minister Pradhan requesting him to withdraw the choice taken by the @CBSEINDIA to organise exhibition on partition themes in CBSE faculties .
Hate shouldn’t be planted within the younger minds.#CeaseHate pic.twitter.com/orKyZx9dio
— Manickam Tagore .B🇮🇳✋மாணிக்கம் தாகூர்.ப (@manickamtagore) August 24, 2023
The letter additionally stresses that exhibitions centred across the bloodshed and atrocities that transpired throughout the partition in 1947 may “inadvertently perpetuate negative emotions and divisive sentiments” including that such a transfer can be in stark opposition to India’s purpose of nurturing accountable residents who worth concord and unity.
As reported earlier, CBSE had on August 14th issued a round stating that exhibitions be held based mostly on themes associated to partition in observance of “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”.
While Congress’s Manickam Tagore asserted that holding such exhibitions would unfold hatred within the minds of younger college students, the CBSE round had already said that “the exhibition be showcased with the sobriety and solemnness that it deserves. It may be specifically ensured that the sentiments of any section of society are not to be hurt”.
The Congress chief additional argued that the schooling system ought to play a pivotal function in shaping the minds of younger college students in such a fashion that they embrace variety.
Manickam Tagore concluded the letter urging Minister Pradhan to withdraw CBSE’s choice.
Interestingly, Tagore urged the Centre to show college students about historic occasions, on this context, occasions centred round India’s partition, in such a fashion that it fosters compassion and a way of unity. The query right here arises of how will CBSE current the horrors of Direct Action Day, the bloodbath of Hindus by the Islamists, and the way on August 14th, 1947, united India was cruelly divided into 3 parts- India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan on spiritual grounds at a value of genocide of greater than 2 million Indians, in such a fashion that will foster unity and compassion.
The reality ought to come out the best way it’s, the younger minds of India should know the horrors endured by their ancestors whereas the Britishers merely appeared on, some Congress leaders and naturally, Mohammad Ali Jinnah have been deciding their energy share.
It is notable that simply days again, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had additionally made related feedback about CBSE’s choice to carry exhibitions on partition. The NCP chief has stated that he’s anxious about CBSE’s round claiming that “it will not be suitable to imbibe a history in the minds of the young generation which includes bloodshed and bitterness.”
The argument that educating the youthful technology in regards to the bloodshed and horrors of partition will instil bitterness and hatred of their minds, stopping them from turning into accountable residents, doesn’t maintain water as it’s only when the youthful minds who will grow to be India’s future leaders know their historical past freed from bias, cover-ups, and propaganda that they may perceive what errors made prior to now should not be repeated sooner or later. OpIndia lately printed a complete article on the important classes that could be realized to make sure that the nation isn’t partitioned once more.
