The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) has removed works of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and former President Dr S Radhakrishnan from their English syllabus for students of Classes 10 and 12.
News18 reported that Tagore’s story ‘The Home Coming’ and Dr Radhakrishnan’s essay ‘The Women’s Education’ have been dropped along with works of a few other noted Indian and English writers and poets.
Mulk Raj Anand’s short story ‘The Lost Child’ and RK Narayanan’s ‘An Astrologer’s Day’ have also been removed from the Class 12 syllabus. Additionally, works of PB Shelley and John Milton have also been dropped.
From Class 10 syllabus, Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘The Village Song’ has been dropped along with works of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, WM Raeburn, and R Srinivasan, the report stated.
The UP Board is implementing the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) syllabus for English for the upcoming academic year. The report quoted officials as saying that under the new syllabus, students would be required to study fewer books.