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Patna, Sep 3 (PTI) The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has expressed strong displeasure over one of the state"s universities dropping the thoughts of socialist ideologues Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan from its postgraduate course in political science.
The government’s disapproval was conveyed by Education Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary who, on Thursday, summoned the authorities of the Jayaprakash Narayan University in Saran district.
“I was appalled when I read the report on Wednesday morning.
I made calls to the department"s additional chief secretary and officials of the Directorate of Higher Secondary, who had no idea.
By that time, I also received a call from the chief minister, who sounded upset," Chaudhary told reporters.
The minister said he learnt from officials of the varsity that changes were effected in syllabi in accordance with recommendations of an experts’ committee in 2018, which was set up after the new education policy came into force.