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Last updated: Jun 19, 2023 at 09:06 am IST
The decision to roll back changes made in textbook syllabi during the BJP’s tenure was one of the promises made by the Congress in the run-up to the Karnataka elections. (representative picture)
Many other lessons and poems on BR Ambedkar and Savitribai Phule have been added to the text. In the social sciences, lessons on ‘Culture of the Vedic Period’ and ‘The Rise of New Religions’ have been added along with the Wadyar kings of Mysore and their Divans
Days after cabinet approved classroom textbook revision, Karnataka government has ordered content revision of textbooks in Kannada and social sciences for grades 6 and 10 with 18 major changes, including removal of controversial chapters on RSS founder KB Hedgewar and Hindutva theorist VD Savarkar.
Several other chapters like Shatavadhani R Ganesh’s Shreshta Bharatiya Chintanegalu replaced by Sara Aboobacker’s ‘Yudha’, ‘Bhookailasa’ – a mythological drama written by Parambali Narasimha replaced by Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Letter to My Daughter’.
A chapter written by right-wing ideologue Chakravarthy Solibili has been dropped. Many other lessons and poems on BR Ambedkar and Savitribai Phule have been added to the text. In the social sciences, lessons on the ‘Culture of the Vedic Period’ and ‘The Rise of New Religions’ have been added along with the Wadiyar Kings of Mysore and their Divans.
An article on regionalism, which appeared as a threat to the idea of national unity, was removed from the textbook. The article pointed out how the linguistic intolerance leading to regionalism was against the idea of nationalism and how it hindered the unity of the nation by citing the division of Andhra Pradesh.
Most of the lessons, which were included during the Congress ruling in 2013-2018 by a committee headed by writer Paraguru Ramachandrappa, have been added again.
The decision to roll back changes made in textbook syllabi during the BJP’s tenure was one of the promises made by the Congress in the run-up to the state elections. Soon after the meeting of the writers and intellectuals with Prime Minister Siddaramaiah, the Congress government formed a provisional committee headed by the eminent thinker Paraguru Ramachandrapa to analyze the curriculum and report on the necessary changes to be made. The committee will then implement the necessary changes.
As the academic year has already started, the government will provide an additional handbook for students with the necessary changes. Printing of these booklets will cost around 10-12 lakhs and will be made available to the students within 6-10 days as claimed by the State Education Minister.
Speaking after the cabinet meeting held two days ago where a decision was taken on the revision of textbooks, Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa outlined the details.
“In accordance with our commitment in our statement and in the interest of the students, there will be changes in classes. For one month, the main subjects will not be taught. So what we thought of is to give a supplementary booklet with all the changes for one month. In less than 10 days it will reach all schools Now, my task is to print it as soon as possible and deliver it to the schools.
“The supplementary handbook will only be for this academic year. To change the thinking process, and to achieve better studies, we will set up a technical team to work on planning the next academy just now,” said the Minister of Education for the next year.
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