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Hindi title for English textbooks: Min writes to Centre
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|April 20, 2025
GENERAL Education Minister V Sivankutty has written to the Centre against the decision of the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to give Hindi names to English-medium textbooks.
In a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Sivankutty said the naming of textbooks reflects a clear disregard for the linguistic diversity of the nation and undermines the spirit of federalism enshrined in the Constitution. "The decision to assign names in Hindi such as Purvi (Classes 6 and 7 English), Mridang (Classes 1 and 2 English), Santur (Classes 3 and 4 English), and Ganitha Prakash (for both English and Hindi versions of the Class 6 Mathematics t
This story is from the April 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
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