This is an article not to hurt
anyone’s feelings, but this is the actual thing happening in Indian Schools.
Look at the above Picture taken by me from the book of a Student who studies
History from me. As a tutor I had the responsibility to cover everything in
this book. I started teaching him as usual, but I was shocked to see the cross
marks in the books at certain paragraphs which were connected with a Religion.
This is a Text Book Published by State Council for Educational Research and
Training (SCERT), Government of Kerala. This is a 10th Standard text
book for History and the Government itself has included these portions in the
Text. But when I inquired about this from my Student I came to know the
shocking news that his teacher was the one who told to cut those portions out.
I could not understand why? The portion did not say anything wrong about
anything and was factual, but still it was asked to be cut out by the teacher
who teaches History at School. This is not how History is taken, No matter what
and how the History was; every student has the right to know the actual history
of the country and the world. No matter who it is connected with the religion,
it’s still a History which cannot be changed or made as you like it. The
government has every right to look into the matter, before students get
educated with wrong and incomplete history. The so called makers of the society
(TEACHERs) must be more conscious while taking chapters in History and other
subjects as well.
Making History as you like it may create problems in knowing the history
of religion and world properly. So, it’s very important that the History should
be taught as it is and the way it is without making any changes to it even if
it goes against your religion and is a factual thing in the History. I am every
sadly writing this as it has happened in one the Aided Schools, a school well
reputed and managed. Please, Teachers! Don’t Crush the History or Delete it
whenever you think it touches your religion.
