West Bengal Schools to Emphasize State History and Personalities in Curriculum Changes

West Bengal schools will now have a change in the curriculum related to the state's history and prominent personalities. The state government has decided to include the life and contributions of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee in school textbooks. The chapter related to the Singur land acquisition movement will be removed from the eighth grade book. State Education Minister Dipak Barman has informed about this. Giving information on this matter, Education Minister Dipak Barman said that the committee formed to change the curriculum has given new recommendations. Under this, a brief introduction of Syama Prasad Mookerjee's life and contributions will be included in every textbook. The government says that the new curriculum will have more focus on West Bengal's history and prominent personalities of the state. The chapter related to the Singur land acquisition movement will be removed from the eighth grade book. In addition, it has also been recommended to remove the chapter based on the Kanyashree scheme from the sixth grade textbook. The Kanyashree scheme has been included in the education of the previous Trinamool Congress government's major schemes. Under its new ICT system, information and information technology (ICT) will be included from the 5th grade to the 8th grade.