Lesson on Dr. Ambedkar to be re-edited to reinstate his description as ‘architect of Constitution’
Lesson on Dr. Ambedkar to be re-edited to reinstate his description as ‘architect of Constitution’
The evaluation of II Pre-University historical past textbook has been placed on maintain for now, because the Rohith Chakrathirtha-led textbook revision committee has been dissolved. The committee had been earlier tasked with reviewing the lesson “Hosa Dharmagala Udaya” (genesis of recent faiths) within the textbook. But Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai dissolved the committee final week following controversy over the revision of Class I to X textbooks.
“Now that the committee has been dissolved, the review of II PU history textbook has been put on hold for now. We will look into it at a later stage,” mentioned B.C. Nagesh, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education. The complete train of revision by the Mr. Chakrathirtha-led panel had begun after objections have been raised to this specific lesson by the Karnataka Brahmin Mahasabha in 2021.
Critique of caste hierarchy
Meanwhile, Mr. Nagesh mentioned the federal government can even re-edit the lesson on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, following objections by the Dalit organisations. After objections have been raised by Lingayat and Dalit neighborhood leaders over how classes on Basaveshwara and Dr. Ambedkar have been edited, allegedly to suppress their critique on caste hierarchy, the Chief Minister had final week introduced that the lesson on Basaveshwara can be re-edited.
Speaking on the lesson on Dr. Ambedkar, Mr. Nagesh mentioned, “In the revised textbooks, the adjective “Samvidhana Shilpi” (architect of the Constitition) to explain Dr. Ambedkar had been omitted, which shall be reinstated.” When requested over the objections raised about “suppression” of Dr. Ambedkar’s critique of caste hierarchy, Mr. Nagesh mentioned the federal government had requested three lecturers to look into the teachings on Dr. Ambedkar. Based on their report, the federal government would re-edit them. “We have an open mind about re-editing any parts of the lesson that are objectionable,” he mentioned.
BJP leaders object
Meanwhile, criticism about textbook revision by Mr. Chakrathirtha has additionally come from leaders from throughout the ruling BJP. Speaking in Mysuru, BJP MLA B. Harshavardhan criticised deletion of reference to Dr. Ambedkar as “architect of the Constitution.”
The MLA mentioned he, together with Chamarajanagar MP and former Minister V. Srinivas Prasad, would meet Mr. Bommai on Wednesday to submit a memorandum for persevering with with the outdated textbooks.
Source: www.thehindu.com
