Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.
The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.
Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".
There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.
In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.
"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.
Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.
Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.
"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.
The founder of Islamic Research Foundation has sought Rs 500 crore as damages from Arnab Goswami, Editor in Chief of Times Now and other office bearers.
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Aranab is stinking......good job Zakir Naik Sir!.....he should make this person to sell his underwear to pay this money....
Need of the hour... such a cases should be booked as these (news channels) are deceiving people from knowing the reality .. and misguiding the people from the truth in all the matters.
Zakir naik has no case against him. So why to come india for the dongi cow swami.
If cow swami is arrested who will bark on barking news.
Times now might be called as lie now.
I request income tax dept to kindly check what arnab goswamis total wealth, what he earns & how much is his asset.... i can assure you there will be lot of illegal wealth with him....who sponsored u people very well know
Most of these converted/( they are reverted ) are highly qualified in India.
in West -Europe and US daily people flock into 95% of them are
high highly qualified.
Yes you may disagree with section of sects of Muslims, but it is nothingto do with Islam. Islam itself doesn't allow any forcible conversion. Acceptance should come by their heart and belief.
Please note conversion does not benefit others. The holy quran clearly discourage any compulsion.
In brief Dr. Naik is fully complies islamic propagation
Guidelines
His friends are senior qualified Hindu celebrities
Please come for debate
If media interviews can judge a person and decide then why do we have courts....all bla bla comments from gaaf jale sangheez and porbooz....
So do you accept modiji as killer of Gujarat which was also a media issue....watch on YouTube and enjoy the interview between modi and Karan tappar on CNN IBN....
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