India not replaced with South Asia |
A California commission mandated with recommendations and revisions of school textbooks has rejected demands of replacing India with South Asia for pre-1947 references, which had become a major bone of contention from various academic groups in the U.S. The California Department of Education`s Instructional Quality Commission, at its hearing on May 19 — which was marked by the presence of a large number of academicians, teachers and students from both sides — decided not to replace mentions of India with South Asia in the new framework for History Social Science textbooks in California.During its meeting, the commission also decided to restore the mention that Hindu sages Valmiki and Vyasa were born non-Brahmins.It also agreed to replace the word "untouchable" with "Dalit" as demanded by the various Dalit groups.
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