Responding to news reports of tweaks in the newly revised National Curriculum for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook, its director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said there were “no attempts to saffronise the curriculum” and all changes were based on “evidences and facts”.
In an interview with news agency PTI, Saklani said, “Why should we teach students about riots?”.
The purpose of the textbook was not to “create violent, depressed citizens”, he said.
Saklani added that the history was taught in schools to give out facts, and not to make it a “battleground”.
Responding to news reports of tweaks in the newly revised National Curriculum for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook, its director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said there were “no attempts to saffronise the curriculum” and all changes were based on “evidences and facts”.
In an interview with news agency PTI, Saklani said, “Why should we teach students about riots?”. The purpose of the textbook was not to “create violent, depressed citizens”, he said. Saklani added that the history was taught in schools to give out facts, and not to make it a “battleground”.
