Union Minister Satyapal Singh today accused previous governments of "politicising" education and said the shortcomings in NCERT books would be rectified soon as no changes have been made in them since 2004.
The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development made the remark while replying to a query on the Madhya Pradesh government's request to his ministry to "correct" a chapter, titled "Politics of Independent India", in the Political Science textbook for Class 12.
Among other things, the chapter describes the BJP as a party promoting "the agenda of Hindutva."
When asked in this regard, Singh said, "I thank you for
bringing this to my notice. There has been no change in the NCERT (National Council Of Educational Research And Training) books since 2004 but we will rectify this immediately, though I don't have the charge of school education."
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