The Congress has been protesting in Rajasthan against the elimination of India’s first high Minister – Jawaharlal Nehru’s references from a college textual content books. (document image of Jawaharlal Nehru)
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Minister rejects allegations references to Nehru removed from textbooks
Do now not favour politics in schooling, says Rajasthan’s training Minister
in advance, Congress led a protest against the Vasundhara Raje authorities
Rejecting allegations approximately the elimination of references to India’s first top Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from a category VII textbook in Rajasthan, the nation college education minister Vasudev Devnanistated that the revised syllabus has Mr Nehru’s name at 15 locations in distinctive textbooks.
“The government has now not neglected Jawaharlal Nehru’s call from textbooks. His name is there at 15locations within the revised books. The references to Mr Nehru are to be had in textbooks of class 7 (Hindi), magnificence 9 (Social technological know-how) and class eleven (international records),” Mr Devnani stated in a declaration.
“The kingdom authorities does not favour politics in schooling,” Rajasthan schooling minister Vasudev Devnani stated.
He stated Mr Nehru’s function within the freedom motion, introducing Panchayati Raj gadget, and the non-aligned movement were given area within the revised textbooks.
“The kingdom authorities does no longer favour politics in education. Syllabus from elegance 1 to 8 is ready with the aid of the nation Institute of education research and training (SIERT) and the Board of Secondary education prepares the syllabus for instructions nine to 12.
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee President Sachin Pilot addressing a protest rally against theelimination of Jawaharlal Nehru’s references from a college text books. (PTI image)
He additionally stated if or three chapters on Jawaharlal Nehru have been now not included in thesyllabus, they could be brought inside the textbook in supplementary form.
earlier within the Day, opposing the flow to miss references to Mr Nehru from the textbook, the kingdomunit of Congress held a demonstration in Jaipur with % chief Sachin Pilot announcing that it reflected the “mental financial disaster” of the Vasundhara Raje authorities.