NCERT revises chapter in Class 12th Political Science Textbook, drops a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and adds a brief mention on scrapping of the Article 370 in 2019.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised a chapter in Class 12th political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention on scrapping of the state's special status in 2019. The council has revised the chapter in the textbook "Politics in India Since Independence" for the academic session 2020-21. While the council has deleted the topic on "Separatism and Beyond" from the textbook, it has added scrapping of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir special status, under the topic "Regional Aspirations".
On August 5, 2019, the Centre had announced that it has removed the state's special status and divided it into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. A portion of the deleted chapter read: "One strand of separatists who want a separate Kashmiri nation, independent of India and Pakistan. Then there are groups that want Kashmir to merge with Pakistan. Besides these, there is a third strand, which wants greater autonomy for the people of the state within the Indian union." The chapter further talked about the President's Rule which was imposed in June 2018 after the Bharatiya Janta Party withdrew its support to the Mehbooba Mufti government and at the end it mentioned the withdrawal of Article 370.
The revised portion, where the chapter talks about Jammu and Kashmir, says, "Jammu and Kashmir had a special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. However, in spite of it, the region witnessed violence, cross-border terrorism and political instability with internal and external ramifications. The Article resulted in the loss of many lives, including that of innocent civilians, security personnel and militants. Besides, there was also a large scale displacement of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley. On August 5, 2019, Parliament had approved a resolution abrogating special status to J and K under Article 370 of the Constitution. The state was also bifurcated into two Union territories — Ladakh with no Legislative Assembly and Jammu and Kashmir with one," the revised portion read.
The revised textbook talks about the development that has taken place in the state from 2002 onwards. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had earlier notified the new syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for the 2020-21 academic session after rationalising up to 30 per cent of the curriculum.
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