[Marxistindia] Rescind CBSE Decision on Syllabus

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 11, 2020

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued  
the following statement:


Rescind CBSE Decision on Syllabus

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly disapproves the decision,  
taken by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), of excluding  
crucial chapters from classes X-XII course on citizenship,  
nationalism, secularism, federalism and all other aspects fundamental  
to our constitutional order. Using the pretext of the current pandemic  
and lockdown restrictions, in the name of reducing the syllabus for  
students, the CBSE has unilaterally taken recourse to this  measure.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly rejects such selective  
exclusion that undermines the constitutional values, adversely  
affecting secular democratic India’s future. The CBSE has not been  
able to provide any rationale for excluding these chapters. This is  
dubious.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that this decision of the CBSE  
be rescinded. Any effort to undermine the fundamental principles of  
our Constitution is not acceptable to the people.


For CPI(M) Central Committee Office