"CBSE does not publish History textbooks" Board replies to MNM's casteism accusations

Makkal Needhi Maiam demanded that the reference to Varnasrama in the Class VI CBSE curriculum and the related illustrations be removed.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has finally replied to the accusations raised by Kamal Hassan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam. The Party said that the Central government is sowing seeds of caste discrimination in the Country. Pointing out a reference mentioned in the Class 6 History book of the CBSE curriculum the party accused the Centre of casteism.  Makkal Needhi Maiam demanded that the reference to Varnasrama in the Class VI CBSE curriculum and the related illustrations be removed.

Responding to the accusations, the CBSE Team through the official Twitter account of the Board said, “The class 6 History textbook containing topics on Varnas has been wrongly attributed as published by CBSE.  This is factually incorrect .

It is clarified that CBSE does not publish History textbooks, thus the matter does not relate to CBSE.

Team CBSE.”

Check out the official Tweet below:

The Board has released clarification that it does not publish books for its curriculum and the class 6 History textbook containing topics on Varnas has been wrongly attributed as published by CBSE.

In a statement, the party said the references showed that the Centre was sowing the seeds of caste discrimination in young minds. “The chapter titled Varnasrama not only explains the retrograde division of humans into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vysyas and Shudras but also teaches discrimination through assigned professions for each. This is nothing but instilling divisive social structure in young minds,” the party said.

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