As promised throughout their election marketing campaign, the Karnataka authorities has given the inexperienced mild to a committee’s recommendations for updating college textbooks.
In a discover, the federal government has authorised using up to date textbooks for Kannada I (for courses 1 to 10), Kannada III (for courses 9 and 10), and social science (for courses 6 to 10) ranging from the educational yr 2024-25. This textbook revision, initiated by the earlier BJP authorities, based mostly on recommendations from a committee led by author Rohith Chakratirtha, confronted criticism for its alleged bias in direction of a selected ideology.
In the course of the launch of the ‘Our College Our Accountability’ program in Mysuru, the Chief Minister of Karnataka emphasised the significance of values like liberty, equality, and fraternity, which kind the essence of the structure. He pressured the necessity to assemble a society based mostly on equality, regardless of teachings from figures like Buddha, Basava, and Ambedkar. The Chief Minister urged kids to be taught and grasp these ideas to foster a way of humanity.
After the Congress authorities took cost in Could final yr, they shaped a committee led by retired professor Manjunath G Hegde to look at the textbooks. Following the most recent suggestions from this committee, the federal government has accredited 114 revised textbooks for the educational yr 2024-25. These embrace 44 in Kannada language and 70 in social science, to be distributed in seven languages, as talked about within the round. Notable adjustments embrace the reintroduction of literary works by numerous authors like Girish Karnad, P Lankesh, Devanuru Mahadeva, Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy, Chandrashekara Kambara, Akkamahadevi, Devidasa, Mariyappa Bhatta, KV Tirumalesh, VG Bhat, and an article by Nagesh Hegde in Kannada language textbooks.
New content material has been added to the textbooks, protecting matters such because the tradition of the Vedic interval, the emergence of latest religions, the function of ladies in shaping the Structure, rights and alternatives for sexual minorities, human rights and duties, a revised chapter on the arrival of Europeans in India, and the introduction of Vishwaguru Basaveshwara as a cultural chief. Moreover, classes on the Bhakti motion now embrace Kanaka Dasa, Purandara Dasa, and Shishunala Sharif. Different additions embrace details about the Pocso Act, Niti Aayog, and the Bharat Ratna awarded to MS Swaminathan.
As soon as distributed to dam training workplaces, the up to date textbooks will likely be accessible on the Karnataka Textbook Society web site. The bills for the revision course of will likely be funded by way of the grant allotted to KTBS.
(With inputs from ANI & TNN)
In a discover, the federal government has authorised using up to date textbooks for Kannada I (for courses 1 to 10), Kannada III (for courses 9 and 10), and social science (for courses 6 to 10) ranging from the educational yr 2024-25. This textbook revision, initiated by the earlier BJP authorities, based mostly on recommendations from a committee led by author Rohith Chakratirtha, confronted criticism for its alleged bias in direction of a selected ideology.
In the course of the launch of the ‘Our College Our Accountability’ program in Mysuru, the Chief Minister of Karnataka emphasised the significance of values like liberty, equality, and fraternity, which kind the essence of the structure. He pressured the necessity to assemble a society based mostly on equality, regardless of teachings from figures like Buddha, Basava, and Ambedkar. The Chief Minister urged kids to be taught and grasp these ideas to foster a way of humanity.
After the Congress authorities took cost in Could final yr, they shaped a committee led by retired professor Manjunath G Hegde to look at the textbooks. Following the most recent suggestions from this committee, the federal government has accredited 114 revised textbooks for the educational yr 2024-25. These embrace 44 in Kannada language and 70 in social science, to be distributed in seven languages, as talked about within the round. Notable adjustments embrace the reintroduction of literary works by numerous authors like Girish Karnad, P Lankesh, Devanuru Mahadeva, Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy, Chandrashekara Kambara, Akkamahadevi, Devidasa, Mariyappa Bhatta, KV Tirumalesh, VG Bhat, and an article by Nagesh Hegde in Kannada language textbooks.
New content material has been added to the textbooks, protecting matters such because the tradition of the Vedic interval, the emergence of latest religions, the function of ladies in shaping the Structure, rights and alternatives for sexual minorities, human rights and duties, a revised chapter on the arrival of Europeans in India, and the introduction of Vishwaguru Basaveshwara as a cultural chief. Moreover, classes on the Bhakti motion now embrace Kanaka Dasa, Purandara Dasa, and Shishunala Sharif. Different additions embrace details about the Pocso Act, Niti Aayog, and the Bharat Ratna awarded to MS Swaminathan.
As soon as distributed to dam training workplaces, the up to date textbooks will likely be accessible on the Karnataka Textbook Society web site. The bills for the revision course of will likely be funded by way of the grant allotted to KTBS.
(With inputs from ANI & TNN)
