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In a statement, the council rationalized the reduction by stating they wanted to reduce the content load on students in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 1, India cut a slew of foundational topics from tenth grade textbooks, including the periodic table of elements, Darwin's theory of evolution, the Pythagorean theorem, sources of energy, sustainable management of natural resources and contribution of agriculture to the national economy, among others. These changes effectively block a major swath of Indian students from exposure to evolution through textbooks, because tenth grade is the last year mandatory science classes are offered in Indian schools.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/evolution-periodic-table-to-stay-part-of-class-9-10-syllabus/articleshow/101058188.cms

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What secondary sources do you propose we trust? Deutsche-Welle has a reputation for fact-checking and retractions. What's your source that students who don't major in math or biology will learn these?

[–] Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the source is the link to the ncert textbooks he linked, Go through that from 7th Grade to 10th. "Douche-willi".

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That doesn’t answer any of my questions.

[–] Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that's because you didn't even take the effort to read even the index pages. You want to believe what you are already believing. Stop trying to act like you care.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article says that only students who choose to major in a subject will learn the information's 11th and 12th grade subject textbooks. I don't see how the textbooks themselves will tell me anything on Indian majors, especially textbooks from 10th grade and below. I feel like I'm missing something:

[–] Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article says that only students who choose to major in a subject will learn the information’s 11th and 12th grade subject textbooks

Students will learn about pythagoras theorem and some trigonometry and periodic table starting from at least 7th grade. Just not at the advanced level it used to be. Unless they choose Science stream. They will learn what an atom is and very basics about it.

I don’t see how the textbooks themselves will tell me anything on Indian majors, especially textbooks from 10th grade and below

The textbook answers your previous comment. "What’s your source that students who don’t major in math or biology will learn these?" It is still in the textbook and is taught in school. Source: I have a brother studying in 10th Grade.

I feel like I’m missing something

That douche-willy is wrong.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 month ago

I thought this conversation was about whether students who don't major in biology or chemistry will learn about evolution or the periodic table if the simplification was to proceed. Apparently, it wasn't, being a duplicate of this instead.

It is still in the textbook and is taught in school. Source: I have a brother studying in 10th Grade.

As seen in this parent thread above and in the edit I made to the post about 4 hours ago, this simplification was axed a week after this article was published. (However, that didn't stop Google from prioritizing outdated information.)