"Gandhiji was assassinated.but in their textbook, it was mentioned that Gandhi had died.like (they are saying) he died of a heart attack," the minister said, taking a dig at the NCERT. The minister said several important portions, including the assassination of Gandhiji, the ban on RSS, Mughal history, the industrial revolution, and the history of post-independent India, including five-year plans, have been excluded from the NCERT textbooks. He said a final decision would be taken after consulting with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. I have been entrusted to inform the government and the Chief Minister about the decision and take a necessary decision in this regard," he said.
"The curriculum committee unanimously decided to include all those portions omitted from these text books in the syllabus and teach the students in the state.
The committee, which met on Tuesday, has entrusted General Education Minister V Sivankutty with taking a final decision on the matter after consulting with the government and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.Ĭonfirming the development, Mr Sivankutty told reporters here that the SCERT and the Curriculum Committee take decisions on the academic affairs of the general education department of the state.Īs per an MoU entered with the NCERT, Kerala has been using their 44 textbooks, and of them, there has been a significant change in the content of subjects including history, political science, economics, and sociology at the higher-secondary level, the minister explained.
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