Chandigarh: The Punjab School Education Board is working on a plan to include the year-long farmers’ agitation against the farm laws in the school curriculum.
The central government had withdrawn the laws after the farmers’ protest. Teachers’ associations have been demanding for a long time to make this struggle a part of the syllabus.
Teachers’ associations have been demanding for a long time to make this struggle a part of the syllabus. A delegation of the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) met the chairman of the board, Professor Yograj, on Saturday. The front’s president Vikramdev Singh said the way the agitation faced the “repressive attack” of the central government, the students will learn about the strength to unite and the democratic rights of the citizens by reading about it.
He said that the farmers’ struggle was the most notable chapter in the present history of Punjab. The teachers felicitated several other eminent personalities including Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Udham Singh, Dr. He also sought inclusion of the life and thoughts of B.R. Ambedkar, Baba Jivan Singh, Savitri Phule, Mai Bhago and the four Sahibzadas in the school curriculum.
Chairman of the Board Prof. Yograj said that a committee of scholars and experts will be formed by him for an impartial view on the issue. Before taking any decision, it will be seen whether making the farmers’ movement a part of the syllabus will benefit the students.