The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council has dropped lessons on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s term, the Mandal Commission report and the 2002 Gujarat riots from the Class 12 curriculum, The Indian Express reported on Thursday. The decision was taken as part of a 30% reduction in syllabus due to the pandemic.
The portions dropped in political science were under “Politics in India since Independence”, which included the first three General Elections, Nehru’s approach to nation-building and his foreign policy. It also included anti-Sikh riots in 1984 along with the Ayodhya dispute and 2002 Gujarat riots.
The sections that were dropped were uploaded on the state education council’s website. The portions were selected after consultation with teachers and subject experts in Assam, according to an unidentified official.
Lessons related to the Congress party…