High Court Urges NCERT to Include Anti-Caste Prejudice Lessons in School Books
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 29 September 2025 | The Telegraph
An Allahabad High Court order recommending the inclusion of content on the dangers of caste prejudice in school curriculum has come as a jolt for the national textbook preparation body, which has sought to glorify the caste system.
A September 16 order by Justice Vinod Diwakar suggested textbook content sensitising students on caste and social inequality. The court was dealing with a petition seeking the quashing of criminal proceedings in a case of illegal liquor transportation from Haryana to Bihar via Uttar Pradesh in April 2023. Uttar Pradesh Police had intercepted two cars and lodged an FIR mentioning the castes of the accused. The court had directed the police to refrain from mentioning the caste….