Among those whose para-military protection was withdrawn is retired judge Jyotsana Yagnik, who convicted 32 people in the Naroda Patiya massacre case where 97 people were killed.
The NCERT also held a consultation meeting with 16 teachers nominated by the CBSE to discuss the rationalisation exercise, done in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, done across the subject areas.
Over the last six years, NCERT has made three rounds of major changes in its textbooks mainly history, political science, and sociology for students in Classes 6-12. There are reasons why political parties want to control what school children read and BJP regimes aren't the only ones to have carried out changes in textbooks.
As students and teachers, we must rediscover ourselves as wanderers and fight for the recovery of the classroom, free from the technologies of surveillance and the authoritarian gaze
They invite the charge that not only does the government wish to escape unpalatable facts, but it also wants to ensure that the students do not engage with social and political realities with a critical attitude.