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historical cost has also com. and the education ministry says basis to help students who are still struggling because of the code of conduct make and the phoning behind government. critics say that this is the police as eyes ation of textbooks. what do you say? please wait in a comment section on youtube is life with us to day 3 guessing india in the daddy's 1st age as well. a journalist who's been writing about india's textbook revisions for out his era in virginia valdez bus fence, oregon, t a profess of chemistry at s. r. m. university. and implicitly sit down shrew akashic found, of the young india foundation. get to have the overhead gas. i am going to start with the statistics that will make 2 stops and pools for youngsters

age 12 to 18. so that's called a 6 to 1230 percent of the syllabus this year has this up yet. now the process of coming back on the social skill, it's good, excuse me, school syllabus. it's been, it's happened since the pandemic. and last year the material for the policies was removed to help the children kind of catch up because they, for them behind tricity is now i, i reference a couple of things that will be in the syllabus. us against is at the moment what has gone and has cause control for c to you know, actually it's not just this, this here that we have seen division in syllabus. but it is happening for quite some time, especially after queen b on woods initially. but they did was that they made the subjects like democracy are um, on the other important subjects, which is, which is related to india's most in fast. they made it optional for students to

study like it was not tested in the examination. but it was still in the textbooks . however, after the call within the make in the me, most nationalization the even pause due to some of the textbooks. and even though the, for the degree to the list of matthew, that was, he moved in the name of national nation, but they had been so didn't give me was which was not even listed to the public domain. wednesdays. i mahatma gandhi was the father of indian nation. the information about his assassin was not listed in the nation is that's an irish next essays. similarly in y'all's force, education is to him on, on, on, uh, his name's, have been removed in the textbooks. it was also not listed in the nationalization exercise. so i know those changes have been ad talk, a lot of changes have been announced, and that even gives it a bit of chevy. i think if they have to do it, if there is a process,

why the people who are consulted, can they give us the name of scientists or educate those who have the commander that evolution shouldn't be removed again to give us the names of people who have the commended that pediatric david should be removed from the curriculum, but they are not able to produce any of these things. they don't say that yes, this is for learning down the board and the students to how she has offended me. but again, there's not enough beat in that argument checking to sit on, show how a student's bearing off the pandemic that started in 2020 an hour, 2023. what has that down to a student population, housing managing to study to yes, i mean, absolutely. so i'm actually about 500 yards away, right next door to a csc school that i have, you know, growing acquainted for, since, you know, being brought up here in the summer, even in, in the winter's. but the thing is,

it's not just a post pandemic thing. this issue of the burden of trying to memorize and understand a breast of information and not to actually digest it. but the method of regurgitation has been, you know, and suing. and there been so many players and stakeholders have been trying to bring reform to this that i think would be any b, 2020, that came into kind of version after several years of kind of back and forth in this, in gauging with stakeholders. one of the biggest push was to decrease that mental workload that the students at a very young age had been facing not just now, not just after 2019 or 2014, but consistently. and one of the things that you know, that we understood was, is that most of the practitioners on ground. so i spoke with the principal of the school next door, right before this interview in the morning. and it's summer vacations right now, but they're prepping for next years. yeah. 2 really big things came out. what was

that? why is the controversy? and i was like, what do you mean? it's all over the news. it's like, but as practitioners we've been going through this for the past 2025 years, you've been teaching at the school and now at the administrative leadership for i think he said 25 years. he said every year we have revisions. we're told to say this told to do this, etc. the implementation of it. i think, you know, it depends on the social that's set up with saddam should all the revisions as controversial as taking out the serious even ition because it, that's all you know of us information. so the students to take in all the is controversial and maybe take you at time of change issues. i think being the revisions for the past 25 years. so, you know, that's really interesting. and i think there's been a lot of back and forth in this. i don't think climate change itself from what i understood from the principal was actually been introduced until very recently and been taken out in some aspects. so i think there's been a back and forth since i would say 2004 in these issues. and i will agree that you

know something is instrumental is evolution being taken out is symbolic, and also controversial. but let's compare it and it's been happening so much. so i also, you know, study that to see the school, but also in alabama. i was, you know, i taught accidents in a public school. i wasn't taught darvin siri by the way, until i think the 11th and 12th grade much later on. and even though i disappointed my mom, i'm not becoming a doctor. i still turned out a lot of sound like but i think, but i think there's always been the issue. yeah. overall, boss of new change. yeah, i'm astray. so i wouldn't go. i thought it took about size, but festival, from a teacher's perspective, what does rationalization really mean from a teacher's perspective? yeah. oh, 1st of all, i would like to share my experience. for the past 2 weeks, i have been interacting with so many students. i hope connected to my lowest examination using mitch discussing with the students while the crazy all started up

under me. so most of the opinion that the basic understanding that like in front of members. so some students i see that they don't understand what is it, i say, what is it that is, what is the non so these kind of basic understanding that exactly yes and yeah that they want to buy, hug the will that saying that the industry is all about them, what are they shouldn't because they need to buy a table, they need to buy house rules and so on. so that's the good opportunities to do to lot of them. what are the ones that you tell them about? how do you encourage them? yes, i'm going to that. so the, the names of the elements are all the minutes. yes, it all said we should focus on the course and show concepts and principles. and they can use that to solve problems. how they can use those ones actually included thinking abilities. so this is the mission,

educational policy. so they say that they can shut off, well the content focus on products and shows the basic principles and concepts and then teach them all to play that and solve the problem. so this is a good thing when i want to say like, this is my personal experience. i ended up going on with the students in last it to be and many, all this opinion that tied to the brand to make their learning support a lot. i'm. i want to ask you a chemistry professor about some of the topics that has been rationalize and i still want to off what that really means from a teacher's perspective. but let's look at the topics of been comped some of the 10, a science and mathematics. so get 1016 year olds. so let's take a look here. even solution we biology. the periodic table as backgrounds was telling us a pie cycle and the fear and those have gone. do you see that's gonna help your

students plots? the focus on that. we don't need to do, but last night. yes. so as i have said, instead of just asking them to memorize these parts to focus on what is the concept of the, what is on the main concept. we end up last if occasion of these that are still existing at 9 o'clock that was so once they get used to the concepts and principles, then it is not good for them to think of that. ok, can we classify these elements? they can come up with that one, but the classifications of this is what i me say 3 specializations on the she looked at this periodic tables, i've just put up now it says, i'm sure it gets cut. going back to being a 15 year old at school. you look for these now, you know, here's memorized, you know, the entire periodic table, but you'll students do not yeah. how do you and i don't know. i don't remember all the depends on the but i just know some, some of the agencies describes what anyone who remember all the elements of the. uh

huh. so that's what i'm saying. instead of just asking them to memorize the concepts that the lady wants to please elements housing, same number on balance of going to be the best be do. and they how similar properties in this is that the language, if we teach them in class, then i think then they can construct better one more to be able to. so then she go ahead, i think bus one has this interesting point where there is an evolution in terms of how teaching is being done in india. we, you know, in the west have had a very practical exposure. whether it's, you know, physically using our hands and the things that we're doing in a chemistry lab or a physics lab, or whether it's the actually been academic curriculum that were taught. and the experience that i've had growing up in people that i've spoken to within and and you know, just be investment that are more able to answer this. you know, it's a very based on what the saying was memorization. how do i make sure that i know i'm sure that the to, i'm sorry for the jumping in between,

but i would also like to add that to one of the major points that i want to bring in is the indian government has not put forward any names of people have recommended these changes and the reasons behind it. yes, they are saying it for this, for the new education policy after the cool they, but at least they should make means of the people's public who have recommended these changes in via they have done so. because every time that have been changes in mt out, the books, it has photos a suit and there has upfront that has been a process in the eyes leading academic commissions actually involved in the process does to be, does discussion have the discussion at all and interesting to me, as i understand, i know there was a textbook committee that looked at the textbooks and then resolve, use them who was on that textbook community. so uh, textbook committee comprise of fee and then people, but i confirmed with all of them, nobody was informed that these changes are being made on the committee members

would need to be able to not get the new book. right. so the changes have been made already. this is new school yet already. i love the best friends with put his hands out like we're at school, but i have to have your hand is out. i have no idea actually i would like to add that to and see on the stage that decision building strategy to other students through their learning due to the different stuff for me and that uh in the process . i'll probably do completely new books based on the conditions and they said that was all right next to then about the impact that this has happened. coughing having all students and what teachers think about this. so this is professor emeritus by how, who spoke to us a little bit earlier, have a listen, have a look the best in government. he's actually attacking science and the

nationality multiple ways. earlier the minister of education actually criticized evolution, saying that he hasn't seen it monkey english being and ends question. this is not something that should be gotten with to the younger people off of this country. and i think the government is trying to move back towards, in my apologies, in to a hit scheme descript charge to provide you rational thinking for the next generation, which is extremely dangerous to that's what i was thinking. he was maybe with them . that's the old, very classic conversation, religion versus science. is that to what's going on that go ahead. you know, i, i, i hope not. i sincerely hope not, because then we're in a trajectory that we don't want to be in. i do think that, you know, there is a controversy and as you know, the mergers professor said, you know,

there have been political figures who have made these very inappropriate. i would say remarks at certain points, but i think at the end of the day, can we trace this back, let's say to those 2 certain politicians making those remarks and the juncture of removing it now? because i think the compulsions of doing so at this point are not because of this push to have a certain uh, you know, i do all the g or framework in mind as is unfortunately very, very common for me. yeah. whatever there's any way to like, sorry for jumping in, but i would like to point to don't, this is what i just need actually to put it on google flush to report that evolution was removed and the movie game just a you and after the statement of india's form education minister will say this particular statement that nobody has seen a mind coming from an a product rule i. i have it by

the patient, the tricity just to finish a sentence and then you go ahead 1st. if you do not speak, you know, i'm just going to you. uh, so you cannot be statement of india's education minister lately. he hates the department. he's making that statement. and after making that statement, that particular concept was removed, full as it was removed from the examination, then it was completely pushed on the books. nobody has come up with an explanation why that has been done so far. i'm was that i noticed a non mean, if we didn't do that in indian science congress, i replaced, it actually said that the do, what is the issue with the overseas? that vision was that dean. god, nation in certain forms is the better to it. even every dobbins evolution to it, so that is that how it can change between religion and sly as existing at the same time. box 5, i'm going to have you come in here. go ahead. yeah. so i don't think the database

the, the ocean is not the one, but it's actually see fit to glass flooded. so this is one point i disagree with that. and then let's see. so she was saying the i personally right, this is the fact that my son just finishes his goal and then you can come right back. so she also said that, uh so why don't we set a point to note that the show that i also have seen that i yeah. so you've seen that idea, then why would anyone want to do with the concept over when you all right, so let me just show the other ones they just need to show i only assistance, i can keep up with our conversation. this is in search. so this is the education body who um, sets the curriculum on a country level in a national level, and they are pushing back with some of the complaints about this and rationalization of the curriculum. for instance, a periodic table has not been removed from school education, but is in fact available in great detail in unit 3 and then they go on. so it's

really about the age of the students, rather than the content of the curriculum. but there are some issues that some teachers are bringing up. they seem to be stuck on this idea about evolution on our instincts, but it should be removed from the curriculum at age 16 and, and this is associate professor vadlira who taught us a little bit early, have a listen, have a look to remove the concept of evolution from body to textbooks up to past tense, there wouldn't be many students who would never study biology ever. after that, they did go to high school, they chose to going to different disciplines. i 5 students, they have a very, very distorted, very incomplete understanding of biology is really to, for the fact that ties on by to get together. that's fine. if you explained how feel student is going to really help them to understand the science before they have. so just memorize a whole periodic table,

but there must be some very basic parts of sites that they need to know in order to understand chemistry. what about understanding serious evolution so that you can understand biology? do you see that that is an issue? yeah, i agree that the positive stuff evolution is fine, but if you find them and then to understand the origin of life, so i do think that it should be did in uh before the last. and i mean, it should be there in clarkston, but i don't think we need to be my theories as is yet, this is this, it getting started the g 2 to induce the but they don't students follow me when they come up with a new textbooks idea nibble bender, and put it back into black standing because to say to be at least the end of the positive to understand biology. so that shift from your talking to the students who are local to you. what is the feedback that you are getting? how they feeling less stressed with the workload? now the fluids, it's too early. right. and look that there has been

a constant process. what's happened is that there has been a substantial increase of failure and dropout rates post colbin, not just in primary education, but senior secondary as well in when you know, a lot of this issue comes in. so i think i agree when christie is speaking about, you know, the causation is here, the provoking of an idea. and the after effect of it, you know, being this included in, in, in some of these textbooks is clear. and you can, you know, segregated, but there's also a nuance of the fact that this isn't post just 2020, to the statement being made. right. it was a concentrated effort by both successive and the government from 2014 onwards to create a new natural education policy. one of the biggest things that they wanted to tackle was still mental workload that students had to face. right. so they've been working on this since 2014 the already ministry that we've been changed into the education

ministry had this has their focal agenda. so if a ministry makes that statement, which you know is not ok, right? but at the same time, it's what, what you're thinking is, this is a much concentrated effort, and it's a more positive effort, a holistically, if you think about it, to make sure that we don't have an increase of youth suicide based off of education . because at this point and yet does have that, right? it's a, it's a consummate effort to make sure that instead of just being a, uh, what you know, my mom calls them are or just memorization of education. we have people that are actually critically thinking and that's what makes this incredible point when, when a in his article is low and what he's talking about it is that understanding the fundamentals is substantially more or important. and it gives you a more holistic approach to other subjects. and i think if we do less than just the subject itself, it would be substantially good. but the problem is the, the issue is, is that what is being taken out? so if you have a substantial amount of content being taken out, that is part of

a certain identity or part of certain political narrative, then there are reforms that needs to be made in that. but what i want to stress, again, that's not something that's new to and yet it's been happening every successive government. and the biggest failure though, because we, you know, we harp on this controversy, but we move on to the next one who harms we've, i'm most students for the past 20 years. the principal that i spoke with was saying not a single person, not a single student or a year has had the same curriculum in consequence, really. right? so every single years on that, they're really trying hard. okay, for anything interesting. and it is possible for 2 things to happen at the same time for more than lives, ation and the education to understand that students learn in a different way as to the textbooks to be political in nature. both of those things can happen at the same time. one more process i want to bring into the conversation, and just as a professor, vanity has a listen and have

a look. the scientific community in india is opposing this distinction because the lack of dates for the to the idea of the english understanding the week of the development of a scientific tradition of thinking to learning solution one gets to know that the word has not been the same all through history, we don't need to know that organisms evolve, evolve, forming normal horn process, we don't, they need defined intervention. we get to know that the whole of human a, d, e to speak, feel free us and color on the scene species. and all of these are the essential components of development of a scientific mint of mind. all right, guess i'm going to quiz you immediately. i'm going to give you a question of full and you have to come back to me straight away. admin says india is totally changing the concepts of mobiles and the muslims sultan's from history of thoughts tricity in a sentence very quickly. and i think, you know, it's the,

i'm so what is happening with the students because instead of actually being guided and the positive be the don't know what's being told on them and what ok removed. all right, so will says indian is backsliding in the eyes of the world of games through these proposals. that's controversial. sit on shift quick response back please. i think we've had consistent back fighting and what we need to do is reform the system so that the government can be competitive. and it's the vs. the curriculum with this onslaught of ed tech that the rationalization occurs, etc, to give more access to the students in a more equitable manner. cuz that's the advanced thoughts h in the pay rate. i'll take table of elements. what does it stand for me? what is me stand for? the medium? oh, my goodness. all right. 2 out of 2. excellent. thank you so much of that really understanding

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