Karnataka drops plan to revise PUC textbooks amid pressure

As pressure from citizens rose, Karnataka has now dropped a plan to revise Pre-University (PU) textbooks. The revision of textbooks will be now based on public opinion. As the controversy of revising PU textbooks rose and seemed never-ending, the annoyed Karnataka government dropped its plans to update the PU course material.
The task to revise the PU textbooks was assigned to Rohith Chakratirtha Committee, whose work has snowballed into a controversy, B.C Nagesh, Primary and Secondary Education Minister told that the government has decided to drop the idea for now, Deccan Herald reported.

The revised content for PU courses is ready, according to department of pre-university education sources.
“As the committee headed by Rohith Chakratirtha has been dissolved, the revision of textbooks will not be done and the same books will continue,” Nagesh added.

The Akhila Bharata Brahmana Mahasabha had raised an objection on chapter 4.2 in the II PU History textbook against some portions that “hurt” the emotions of the Brahmin community. Nagesh’s predecessor S Suresh Kumar had assured the community that the matter would be looked into, reported Deccan Herald.

Fresh revisions to the new textbooks will be based on public opinion, for this purpose, the government will put in public domain, the drafts of the texts by all three committees, Mr Nagesh said after his meet with Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday.

“Let people compare all the three versions and decide who dropped what and added what. In case they find any errors, objections can be submitted to Karnataka Text Book Society,” he added.

According to Nagesh, copies of textbooks revised by the Rohith Chakratirtha committee are already available in public domain and it will take 10 days to upload the version by the two previous committees headed by Baraguru Ramachandrappa and G S Mudambadithaya, reported DH.

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