more-inTextbooks today are written to create “activists” and not to educate, newly-appointed chief of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Braj Bihari Kumar said while terming universities such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) a “nurturing ground” for such activists. “Textbooks are not meant to turn student into activists. ‘Wrong maps’“I found a map in a social science textbook that showed Jammu & Kashmir as separate from India. There are several lapses in our textbooks,” Mr. Kumar told PTI in an interview. The ICSSR was established in 1969 by the Centre to promote research in social sciences.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2017 18:56 UTC