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Kerala: Kannur University will review controversial syllabus, says minister R Bindu

Higher education minister R Bindu said the controversial Kannur University syllabus for MA Governance and Political Science would be reviewed by the varsity.
Kerala: Kannur University will review controversial syllabus, says minister R Bindu
Higher education minister R Bindu
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Higher education minister R Bindu said the controversial Kannur University syllabus for MA Governance and Political Science would be reviewed by the varsity.
“If the syllabus requires any change, the university will take appropriate steps. If some additions proposed are to be dropped, the university would do so. So is the case of any addition in the syllabus,” the minister said on Friday evening.
The minister’s reaction came after she received a report from Kannur University vice-chancellor Gopinath Ravindran regarding the issue.
The minister had earlier termed the developments in connection with the university syllabus as ‘highly sensitive’. CPM state acting secretary A Vijayaraghavan too said that the matter demands serious attention. “Ours is a secular country. It’s dangerous to have communal references in university syllabus,” the minister said, adding that university authorities need not be strictly aware of all changes in the syllabus and its nuances.
The new course for MA Governance and Political Science was introduced in Brennan College under Kannur University last year. The study recommended for the third semester of the course —themes in Indian political thought— has kindled a controversy as critics dubbed the inclusion of the political thoughts of Golwalker and Savarkar as saffronization of the syllabus.tnn
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