Democratic Rights, Food Security in India, Federalism, Citizenship, and Secularism Were Dropped From India CBSE School Syllabus...

Christopher Hitchens would have yelled if he was alive.... this is a very sad day for India. 

Amazing humans such as Ashoka and Akbar to name a few have taught the lessons of secularism to the world for centuries. Now all that goes down the drain.. since less 0.01% of India pick up a non-fiction book to read and improve knowledge once they graduate from college.

I don't think this is temporary, just read the list of removed chapters... it's scary what is about to come.

Important chapters like Democratic Rights, Food Security in India, Federalism, Citizenship, and Secularism were dropped from school courses in the national education board CBSE’s attempt to reduce the burden on students amid the coronavirus crisis.

Because of the “extraordinary situation” due to coronavirus pandemic, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced on Tuesday that the syllabus for 2020-21 would be reduced by a third.

Economics and Political Science courses for grades 9 to 12 have been revised by the board.

Federalism, Citizenship, Nationalism, and Secularism are some of the chapters that are “completely deleted” from the Class 11 Political Science syllabus.

Only two units namely ‘Why do we need Local Governments?’ and ‘Growth of Local Government in India’ have been removed from the ‘Local Government’ chapter.

“Security in the Contemporary World”, “Environment and Natural Resources”, “Social and New Social Movements in India”, and “Regional Aspirations” have also been entirely removed from the Political Science syllabus of class 12.