Char Sahibzade to feature in NCERT history books

Syed Ali Ahmed

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 22

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has agreed to consider inclusion of a chapter on Char Sahibzade of 10th Sikh Master Guru Gobind Singh in its syllabi from next year.

This was communicated to Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Delhi MLA and general secretary of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) by the NCERT. Sirsa had raised the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a communique written to Sirsa on the issue, Secretary of the NCERT Major Harsh Kumar stated that the Director, NCERT, had appreciated the concern of Sirsa regarding inclusion of a chapter on Char Sahibzade for their unparalleled valour and supreme sacrifice in the country.

The secretary informed that new policy of education was in progress which would give direction for development of national curriculum framework, syllabi and curricular material for schools, Sirsa said.

Harsh Kumar said Sirsa’s suggestion would be placed before the expert committee before finalising syllabi and curricular material for social science in general and history in particular.

Sirsa said his mission was to get the next generation aware of the supreme sacrifice made by four Sahibzade for the nation and humanity. There was no parallel in the world of the sacrifice they made at such a tender age.

Sirsa also urged all the education boards of different states to include chapters on history of the supreme sacrifice in their syllabi so that children studying in these states could get acquainted with these incidents of historical importance.