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News: Many state boards and NCERT are making changes to the social science textbooks, specifically history books. For example; NCERT) has proposed sweeping changes to social science textbooks for Classes VI to IX.
Read More – Objections to rewriting of the history textbooks
What are the issues with making changes to the social sciences?
History is not about good guys or bad, or a quest for a singular story of heroism. It is an objective assessment of complex and often paradoxical facts to know what’s likely to have happened and what lessons can be learned from it.
Future generations of India should be trained to use history and social sciences as tools of critical thinking.
History students must be able to understand everything clearly, from ruthless invaders or a syncretic past of harmony. They must learn everything without shutting their minds to uncomfortable facts.
Source: This post is created based on the article “What’ll help us come to terms with India’s past” published in Live Mint on 27th June 2022.
