Friday, June 1, 2018

India’s new textbooks are promoting the prime minister’s favorite policies, critics allege

India's new textbooks are promoting the prime minister's favorite policies, critics allege

NEW DELHI — New school textbooks in India promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship policies have prompted fresh criticism that the government is using the education system to further his political agenda. An analysis of 25 textbooks by the Indian Express newspaper found examples of newly-inserted paragraphs casting Modi’s policies in a positive light, including programs like “demonetizing” […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/06/01/indias-new-textbooks-are-promoting-the-prime-ministers-favorite-policies-critics-allege/

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