Chapters on Nehru, Ayodhya dispute, 2002 Gujarat riots omitted from Assam Class 12 syllabus

The other topics removed from Class 12 syllabus in Assam include the “Congress party and its history”, “Issues of Kashmir”, “Wars with China and Pakistan in 1962, 1965, and 1971”, “The Emergency”, and “The rise of the Janata Dal and BJP”.

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September 24, 2020 / 05:29 PM IST

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To reduce exam stress amid the coronavirus pandemic, chapters on independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the Mandal Commission report, the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, and lessons on caste and marginalisation have been omitted from the Class 12 Assam board syllabus.

The state education board had decided to reduce the Class 12 syllabus by 30 percent in view of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic that has greatly affected education among other things.

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) had uploaded the list of chapters omitted from the Class 12 state board syllabus on its official website.

In the higher secondary (HS) syllabus under political science, the omitted sections under 'Politics in India since Independence' include the 'first three general elections', 'Nehru’s approach to nation-building', 'famine and suspension of five-year plans', 'Nehru’s foreign policy', 'political succession after Nehru', 'politics of Garibi Hatao', 'Navnirman movement in Gujarat', 'Punjab crisis and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984', 'implementation of Mandal Commission report', 'United Front and national democratic alliance (NDA) governments', 'elections 2004 and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government', 'Ayodhya dispute', and 'Gujarat riots'.

The other topics removed from Class 12 syllabus in Assam include the 'Congress party and its history', 'issues of Kashmir', 'wars with China and Pakistan in 1962, 1965, and 1971', 'the Emergency', and 'the rise of the Janata Dal and BJP'.

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