JP, Lohia dropped from varsity syllabus, Bihar Govt orders probe

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 2

The JDU-led NDA government in Bihar on Thursday ordered a comprehensive probe into potential syllabi changes across universities of the state after evidence that political thought of Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia had been dropped from MA Political Science paper of Jai Prakash University, Chhapra, and that of some leaders, including Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay, added.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has taken a serious note of the matter. Bihar Education Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary said the Higher Education Department had confirmed that the chapters on the socialist leaders had been was dropped. INSIDE

“This is improper and unethical. Preliminary probe shows the changes were recommended by a panel set up by the office of the Chancellor, who sent across these recommendations to all varsities and possibly many more universities may have effected the changes in the syllabi although we can’t understand the connection between syllabus change and Credit Based Choice System under the NEP which was sought to be implemented,” Chaudhary said.