05-24-2004, 09:05 AM
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http://us.rediff.com/election/2004/may/21cmp4.htm?
headline=No~communalisation~of~education:~CMP
DELIH, INDIA, May 21, 2004: Among the many changes expected in India as
a result of the change in government, one is a reversal of school history textbook changes made under the BJP government. Such changes included removing the "Aryan Invasion" theory and fixing other areas which were inaccurate in the light of recent historical research.
This report on Rediff.com states:
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on Friday promised to spend six per cent of the GDP on education and pledged to take immediate steps to reverse the trend of communalisation of education that had set in the past five years during the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government. In the backdrop of controversy over 'saffronisation' of education and
slashing of fees in IIMs, the CMP said, "The UPA will take immediate steps to
reverse the trend of communalisation of education that had set in the past five years" -- which likely means a return to the Marxist theories of history which dominate that academic field in Indian universities.
http://us.rediff.com/election/2004/may/21cmp4.htm?
headline=No~communalisation~of~education:~CMP
DELIH, INDIA, May 21, 2004: Among the many changes expected in India as
a result of the change in government, one is a reversal of school history textbook changes made under the BJP government. Such changes included removing the "Aryan Invasion" theory and fixing other areas which were inaccurate in the light of recent historical research.
This report on Rediff.com states:
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on Friday promised to spend six per cent of the GDP on education and pledged to take immediate steps to reverse the trend of communalisation of education that had set in the past five years during the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government. In the backdrop of controversy over 'saffronisation' of education and
slashing of fees in IIMs, the CMP said, "The UPA will take immediate steps to
reverse the trend of communalisation of education that had set in the past five years" -- which likely means a return to the Marxist theories of history which dominate that academic field in Indian universities.