India s BJP rejects allegations of Muslim suppression Politically motivated
In July last year, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India s largest education board, announced that it had cut its 2021 syllabus by 30%.
Government-run schools were no longer required to give lessons on democratic rights, secularism, federalism and citizenship, among other topics. The decision sparked concerns that the omission of such subjects was politically motivated. These concepts lie at the core of the Indian Constitution but have at times come into conflict with the Hindu-majoritarian ideology of the ruling right-wing BJP, Sahil Husain, an education expert, told DW, adding that parties across India s political spectrum have been accused of using education as a means of propagating their agendas.