Rajasthan government to form 10-member committee to review school syllabus

Rajasthan’s education department will soon form a 10-member committee to review the government school syllabus in the state.
Education Minister Madan Dilawar said that the committee will submit its report within 30 days after formation.
Earlier this year, in October, Dilawar announced plans to add information about cows to the primary school syllabus.
“We will talk to scholars and experts and, if possible, will try to add information on cows in primary school books,” he said.
The minister had also said that schools should screen educational films on cows to enhance students’ understanding.
This announcement came following a directive from the Animal Husbandry Department, which recently advised officials to use the term “destitute” instead of “stray” when referring to cows.
Similarly, Dilawar, who is the MLA from Ramganj Mandi in Kota, had said in September that any textbook depicting Mughal emperor Akbar as “great” would be burned.
He had said that Akbar had plundered the country for years and stressed that no one would find a mention of him as a “great personality” in textbooks in Rajasthan.
“We have checked all the textbooks. There is no mention of him. If it is there, then the textbook will be burned,” he stated.