No to ‘Twinkle Star, Johny, Johny’ in MP: Western Culture under scanner

Bhopal: Six popular English rhymes — including Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Johny Johny, Yes Papa — are no more a part of the Class I syllabus in Madhya Pradesh.

The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) has dropped the rhymes from this academic year.

State School Education Minister Narottam Mishra justified the MPBSE decision stating that the rhymes encouraged Western culture.

The government intended to incorporate such material in the syllabus that would inculcate a feeling of patriotism among students, he said.

He said the decision had been taken on the basis of recommendations by a committee formed to review syllabus.

Meanwhile, educationists described the decision as unnecessary and said the government should give attention to improving quality of education. The task to increase number of students in schools and fill in vacant posts of teachers must be accorded priority.

No wonder so called educationists, mostly English worms educated in foreign countries, will be loyal to British culture. They have no contribution to Indian Progress. They are failed to develop India in field of research and technology. They should better concentrate on it, rather than preaching a proud Bharatiy about western culture. � Editor

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