CBSE Class 6 History Textbook: As per the recent updates, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 6th History book has been in news for allegedly having casteist content. Thus viral image text on Varna System has been criticised by the public and many political parties as well. Soon after this went viral on social media, CBSE took to Twitter and issued a clarification over allegations that it has included a 'casteist' text, in the Class 6 History textbook. The CBSE stated that the text has been wrongfully attributed to CBSE. The students and other readers must note that CBSE does not publish any textbooks for schools across the country.
Clarification by CBSE Over 'Casteist' Varna System Text in Class 6 History Book
To one of the tweets on the issue, CBSE replied stating, “The class 6 History textbook containing topics on Varnas has been wrongly attributed as published by CBSE. This is factually incorrect. It is clarified that CBSE does not publish History textbooks, thus the matter does not relate to CBSE." Check Tweet Below -
#KamalHaasan𓃵 ‘s #MakkalNeedhiMaiam raises objections against a chapter on ‘Varna system’ that allegedly finds place in @cbseindia29 class VI books.. the party urges central Govt and #CBSE to ensure that the lessons on caste system be removed from text books @maiamofficial pic.twitter.com/doPeTYI5N1
— Sidharth.M.P (@sdhrthmp) September 26, 2022
Image of Text in Class 6 History Book
One of the users of Twitter shared the chapter's page about the Varna System that went viral. As mentioned in the book, that particular chapter stated that Brahmins were priests and teachers, Vaishyas were traders, warriors were the Kshatriyas, craftspeople, landowners and Shudras were the labourers and served the other three varnas. Check the tweet below -
Who are not even considered human according to the four Varna
— Aravindakshan (@RealAravind36) September 23, 2022
There was another section that lived outside the village and did cleaning jobs,including picking up dead animals.
They were not considered as a part of any varna due to the unclean nature of their work 😊 pic.twitter.com/JDUS4Iuz8w
Who Published CBSE Class 6th History Book?
As CBSE clarified that it is not a publisher of textbooks across the country, and the board role's is to release exam and affiliation guidelines. Apart from this CBSE has suggested schools and government to use the book and follow the curriculum developed by NCERT. However, the image of the book that went viral has been published by XSEED Education. It is a private publishing house based out of Singapore.
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