NCERT has revised a chapter in Class 12 political science textbook
to remove a portion on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and add
abrogation of Article 370.
The National
Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) has revised a chapter in
its Class 12 political science textbook to remove a portion on separatist
politics in Jammu and Kashmir and add abrogation of Article 370, which gave
special status to the erstwhile state of J-K, by the Centre on August 5, 2019.
The NCERT has
revised the chapter in the textbook "Politics in India Since
Independence" for the academic session 2020-21.
While the topic
"Separatism and Beyond" has been deleted from the chapter, the
abrogation of Article 370 has been included under the topic "Regional
Aspirations".
Last year on
August 5, the Government of India revoked the special status granted under Article
370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir through an amendment in
Parliament and also scrapped Article 35 A, and the state was bifurcated into
two union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Meanwhile, the
NCERT has also replaced the old map of Jammu and Kashmir in Class 12 political
science textbook from this year.
An NCERT official
told ANI, "Nothing new, only the old map of Jammu and Kashmir has been
replaced with a new map by NCERT in Class 12 political science textbook."
NCERT textbooks
are used by all schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) and several state boards have also adopted these books.
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