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Why teach about riots?: NCERT chief
Updated On: 17 June, 2024 07:30 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Says tweaks in textbooks are part of annual revision and should not be a subject of hue and cry
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References to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks. File pic/X
Rejecting accusations of saffronisation of school curriculum, NCERT’s director has said that references to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks because teaching about riots “can create violent and depressed citizens.”
In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency’s headquarters here on Saturday, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said the tweaks in textbooks are part of annual revision and should not be a subject of hue and cry.
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