The Uttarakhand authorities on Wednesday directed the Nationwide Council of Academic Analysis and Coaching (NCERT) to include the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana within the syllabus of 17,000 authorities colleges within the state.
In the meantime, the NCERT has revised the Class 8 social science textbook, stating many cases of “non secular intolerance” throughout the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal interval period, however with a disclaimer.
What does Uttarakhand Schooling Minister must say?
“In a gathering of the Schooling division with the Chief Minister, we’ve got tasked NCERT to incorporate Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana within the syllabus to be taught in 17,000 authorities colleges of Uttarakhand,” Uttarakhand Schooling Minister Dhan Singh Rawat informed ANI. He added that till the brand new syllabus is launched, college students will recite verses from these texts throughout each day prayer periods.
“Till that is applied, verses from the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana shall be included within the each day prayer conferences in colleges,” he mentioned.
‘Exploring Society: Indian and Past’
The half 1 e-book ‘Exploring Society: Indian and Past’ talks concerning the Sultanate and the Mughal intervals, calls Babur as a “brutal and ruthless conqueror, slaughtering total populations of cities,” Akbar’s rule as a “mix of brutality and tolerance,” and Aurangzeb, as somebody who annihilated temples and gurdwaras, in keeping with The Indian Categorical.
The NCERT mentioned it has included a disclaimer with the revisions, in a “Notice on Some Darker Intervals in Historical past” that “nobody needs to be held accountable immediately for occasions of the previous.”
The chapters titled ‘Reshaping India’s Political Map’ hint the course of Indian historical past from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. They discover the emergence and decline of the Delhi Sultanate and the resistance it confronted, the rise of the Vijayanagara Empire, the growth of the Mughal Empire together with opposition to it, and the emergence of the Sikh neighborhood as a political pressure, studies mentioned.
The chapters painting the Sultanate period as a time characterised by political unrest and navy campaigns that resulted within the looting of rural settlements and concrete centres, together with the demolition of locations of worship and centres of schooling. The components discussing the Sultanate and the Mughal intervals embrace a number of mentions of “assaults” on temples and the “brutality” of a number of the rulers, studies additional said.
‘Nobody needs to be held accountable immediately for occasions of previous’
NCERT mentioned, “The occasions…(and plenty of extra) did occur and left their mark on Indian historical past; the rationale for together with them has been defined within the ‘Notice on Some Darker Intervals in Historical past’. The historic account given, whereas it doesn’t sanitise historical past, is balanced and fully evidence-based. Apart from, along with the ‘Notice on Some Darker Intervals in Historical past’, a cautionary word has been inserted in one of many chapters to make it clear that nobody needs to be held accountable immediately for occasions of the previous. The emphasis is on an sincere strategy to historical past with a view to drawing from it necessary classes for a greater future.”
In the meantime, on July 15, NCERT unveiled a brand new textbook named Veena, crafted in alignment with the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020. The textbook is designed to foster a connection between college students and India’s scientific progress together with its cultural legacy.
One chapter, titled ‘Ganga ki Kahani’, traces the course of the Ganga River from Gomukh to Gangasagar, passing via cities like Haridwar, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Patna, Kanpur, and Kolkata. It interweaves geography with cultural, religious, and financial parts, presenting narratives about ashrams, religious seekers (sadhus), and the Kumbh Mela.
One other part, targeted on Synthetic Intelligence (AI), familiarises learners with how machines mimic human studying and problem-solving. It’s meant to encourage scientific curiosity and reasoning amongst center schoolers.
The chapter on Gaganyaan explores India’s crewed spaceflight programme, outlining ISRO’s aspirations and highlighting the position of the robotic astronaut Vyommitra.
