Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former party president Dr Murli Manohar Joshi stressed that students should be taught India'shistory to make familiar with the country's culture.
Joshi criticized people who level allegations of saffronisation of education against his party and BJP-ruled governments.
At a programme on education in Bhopal hosted by the BJP's educational wing, the former BJPpresident said India's history was not 200-250 years old as taught in institutions, but it goes back to thousands of years.
Referring to the Ramayana, he said these days students may not be know about the great epic "but they definitely know about English bestsellers and when we teach them such good things, there are allegations of saffronisation of education".
Saffronisation of education or 'shiksha ka bhagwakaran' has become a much-talked about issue during the BJP government's rule in MP and when Dr Joshi was talking about the issue, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was seated on the dais showing keen interest.
His government drew flak as it dropped nursery rhymes like 'Twinkle, twinkle little star' and introduced the chanting of the bhojan mantra before mid-day meals in government-run sch- ools. Joshi suggested that students up to standard V should be exempted from examinations.
He criticized the Centre for starting educational institutions despite the lack of teaching staff. He said students can learn under trees, but there should be enough teachers to attend to them.
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