Textbook row: remove certain portions, says expert committee

Appointed by the Kerala Government to examine the textbook row, an expert committee on Tuesday recommended...

Appointed by the Kerala Government to examine the textbook row, an expert committee on Tuesday recommended that certain portions in the social science textbook introduced in Class VII should be removed.

The 18-member committee, headed by Left historian Dr K N Panikker, submitted its interim report to Education Minister M A Baby.

The Government was forced to form the panel in the wake of mounting pressure from the Congress-led Opposition and various community organisations, seeking removal of the textbook, which, they said, was designed to propagate Communism and atheism.

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The most controversial portion in the textbook was a chapter entitled “No religion for Jeevan,” which depicted the enrollment of a child called Jeevan in the school, leaving the column for religion in the school register vacant.

This chapter, the focal point of the raging agitation, was meant for propagating atheism, said the agitators. The panel has recommended the removal of the chapter.

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