The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on Wednesday condemned the inclusion of sexist stereotypes in the NCTE textbook which reflects the Brahmanical worldview of women. It alleged that the government is setting up a dangerous precedent of saffronizing educational literature and institutions.
SFI said that a chapter titled ‘Vasuki ka Prashna’ in an NCTE textbook was introduced. The chapter indulges in creating and upholding a sexist stereotype of a meek and docile housewife whose only duty is to serve the version, embodied in the alleged figure of the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar’s wife Vasuki.
The student organization said it reminds us of the dangerous precedent of saffronizing educational literature and institutions that had been undertaken by the first NDA government.
This mischievous project of subtly peddling an obnoxious Brahmanical worldview that projects women as castigated to forever occupy a submissive position of powerlessness and indignity vis-à-vis the family, society, and the State goes against the values enshrined in the Constitution, it added.
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We believe that patriarchy and Brahmanism go hand-in-hand, working overtly and covertly to undermine the struggle for gender and social justice, it underlined.
These should not have any place in textbooks curated and/or endorsed by entities like the NCTE, which have the objective of imparting quality education without prejudice or malice.
While unequivocally condemning the inclusion of the chapter s to define an ‘ideal wife’ in the textbook, SFI demanded its rectification by an expert committee that is academically competent to do so in an unbiased manner.