A high-level committee formed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the school curriculum for social sciences, has recommended to include epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata in school textbooks. The committee\u2019s chairperson CI Issac said that the panel also recommended writing the Preamble of the Constitution on classroom walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seven-member committee\u2019s recommendation will now be taken into consideration by the 19-member National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC) notified in July to finalise the curriculum, textbooks and learning material for these classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC) has also recently formed a Curricular Area Group (CAG) for Social Science to develop Syllabi and Teaching-Learning material for the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mentioning that it is significant to teach Ramayana and Mahabharata to students in classes 7 to 12, Issac said that the committee has insisted on teaching epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata in the social science because they think that students in their teenage years build their self-esteem, patriotism and pride for their nation. He added that every year thousands of students leave the country and seek citizenship in other countries because of the lack of patriotism among them. Therefore, it is important for them to understand their roots and develop love for their country and their culture, he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elaborating on the idea behind recommending writing the Preamble of the Constitution on the walls of the classrooms, Issac said that the Preamble is noble and it gives importance to social values including democracy and secularism. Hence, they have recommended writing it on the walls of the classrooms so that everyone can understand and learn from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, committee chairperson Issac said that the panel had also recommended replacing the name \u2018India\u2019 with \u2018Bharat\u2019 in textbooks, introducing \u2018classical History\u2019 instead of ancient History in the curriculum of textbooks for classes 3 to 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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