Researchers decry theory of evolution axe from Class X syllabus, call it attack on their ‘ability to question’
Basant Kumar Mohanty, G.S. Mudur | 3 June 2023 | The Telegraph
Researchers in India are concerned that the decision by the country’s apex school body to drop evolution from the Class X syllabus is in tune with other moves by the Narendra Modi government that they say curb unfettered research and imperil young people’s capacity to question.
Against the backdrop of such concerns in Indian academic circles, British biologist and author Richard Dawkins referred to the decision on evolution in a tweet on Thursday and said: “Modi’s BJP is a tragic affront to India’s secular beginnings.”