Pulwama attack: Class VI-XII textbooks to have martyrs’ life sketches

Jaipur | Monday | 18th February, 2019

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The revised textbook committee was formed last week to revamp the curriculum by making additions and omissions of chapters and lessons. The committee has been asked to identify the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in Kargil, Uri and Pulwama. JAIPUR: Moved by the terrorist attack in Pulwama , education minister Govind Singh Dotasara on Sunday directed the textbook revision committee to include a series of stories on the martyrs in the school curriculum. It will instil a sense of nationalism and also inspire them to do righteous things in life,” said Dotasara. The department has asked the officials to identify schools either in the soldiers’ village/town/city for naming them after them..