indpol, maths syllabus, ragebait?
Remember when mathematics meant proofs, theorems, problem-solving, logic, and rigor? Well, buckle up: the UGC’s new draft curriculum wants to replace Euclid and Euler with Kala Ganana, Bharatiya Bijaganit, and divine digressions through the Purāṇas and Darshanas.
Yes, your future calculus course might begin with:
“Let us first consult the Narada Purāṇa to derive the quadratic formula.”
https://countercurrents.org/2025/10/myth-over-math-ugcs-blueprint-for-academic-suicide/
re: indpol, maths syllabus, ragebait?
@libreinator is this for fucking real?
re: indpol, maths syllabus, ragebait?
@viz unfortunately yes. NCERT high school science textbooks removed evolution and the periodic table. now they're screwing up the already stupid UG syllabus
re: indpol, maths syllabus, ragebait?
@libreinator yes I heard this, and also the hindifaction of titles. This is fucked, I hope the state boards remain sane...
re: indpol, maths syllabus, ragebait?
@viz local govts are kind of better. Kerala introduced gender as a social construct in ninth grade social science and readded some deleted stuff in 11 and 12
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/kerala-government-releases-supplementary-textbooks-with-deleted-ncert-portions-2425802-2023-08-24
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/kerala-government-releases-supplementary-textbooks-with-deleted-ncert-portions-2425802-2023-08-24