[Core] NCEE statement on the textbook revision in Karnataka

[Guru]

Dear all,

Revised statement post incorporation of comments received.  Let us know 
if there is any modification you think needed. Thank to those who 
provided solicited comments.

regards,
Guru


On 31/05/22 14:33, Guru wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> As you may be aware, Karnataka government setup a committee to revise 
> textbooks last year and the committee has dropped chapters of 
> progressive writers/ on progressive ideas (Lankesh, Ramakrishnan, 
> Periyar, Narayana Guru) including chapters on caste in society. This 
> revision process has also lead to a delay in printing and distribution 
> of textbooks, though schools opened two weeks ago (from May 16), many 
> textbooks are still not available in the schools.
>
> A few of us have drafted a statement from the NCEE on this issue. We 
> request your review on this statement and feedback by end of June 2, 
> based on which we can review/revise/finalize and issue. In our last 
> meeting on 28 May we discussed the need for NCEE to speak up in cases 
> where we see active discrimination, on religious/caste/gender grounds, 
> which also further aggravates the education emergency.
>
> I have also provided a few newspaper articles on this topic which 
> provides some data for our statement, for reference. We will also seek 
> specific endorsements and comments from educators to share with the 
> statement to get wider publicity.
>
> Look forward to your responses.
>
> thanks and regards
> Guru
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