Educational India October 1937

continues to be taught in Indian schools is The complaint seems to be well-founded and the history of the rise and fall of kingdoms a few suggestions are made here with a view and dynasties the wars the bloodshed and to give a new orientation to the subject and the destruction caused by ambitious and make its study more useful interesting tyrannical rulers and invaders. [...] logical method of historical teaching the The aim of history is said to be the method that throws its searchlight on the understanding and the interpretation of crimes and blunders the failures and the human experience. [...] And the political history is all the more inappropriate bewilderment will be all the greater as in the in the case of India as it has been found by syllabus for Form V there is provision for all historians and observers that the real life Six lessons on " (7) The Muhammadan of the people of India was not very much Ascendancy—Mahmud of Ghazni--Muhaaffected by the course of invasions and comad [...] A general sense of patriotism or love of the powerful change that popular agitand pride of country in the best sense would tions conducted during that period under the develop ; the physique of the youth of the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the country would improve ; rapid progress political reforms introduced by the Goverwould he made with education of the mass ment of India Act of 1919 [...] Suitable Text Books in the different The Head Master of the District vernaculars should be approved for study Training School will be the disbursing and there should be some sort of uniformity officer and he will have all the powers now the defects in the Text Books being rectified in the hands of the present District Educevery year on the advice of teachers handtional Officer.