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1/3 I was going to congratulate @DrRPNishank on reducing the CBSE students' course-load, till i saw what they're deleting: indianexpress.com/article/educat…
So children of Std.X will no longer learn about 'democracy &diversity', 'gender, religion &caste', 'popular struggles& movements'...
2/3 Also dropped: 'challenges to democracy'. Students of Stds. XI-XII, who are on the cusp of becoming voters themselves, will no longer learn lessons on 'understanding Partition', 'nationalism& secularism', or 'India's relationships with its Neighbours'. These are vital topics.
3/3 One has to doubt the motives of those who selected the topics to drop. Have they decided democracy, diversity, secularism&the like are more dispensable concepts for tomorrow's Indian citizens? I urge the Govt to rationalise the curriculum rather than strip it of civic values.
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