Thousands of people from the North East states today swamped the microblogging site Twitter, demanding representation of the states' history and culture in school textbooks designed by the Central National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
Using #NortheastMatters and #AchapterforNE, they have said the NCERT textbooks should include chapters on the culture, geography and history of the region.
“As a proud citizen of India, I want our textbooks to include all its colours and glory. So I request concerned authorities to include a chapter about NE in @ncert syllabus,” athlete Hima Das tweeted.
As a proud citizen of India, I want our textbooks to include all its colours and glory. So I request concerned authorities to include a chapter about NE in @ncert syllabus. #AchapterforNE #NortheastMatters @EduMinOfIndia pic.twitter.com/LLNJxsTsPz
— Hima (mon jai) (@HimaDas8) June 4, 2021
"Let our history and cultural heritage breathe " We Demand a place in educational textbooks. We Demand a place in NCERT!!” NSUI Nagaland tweeted.
"Let our history and cultural heritage breathe " We Demand a place in educational textbooks. We Demand a place in NCERT!!#NortheastMatters #AchapterforNE pic.twitter.com/7YcHai2ygH
— NSUI Nagaland (@NSUINagaland) June 4, 2021
Education is one of the major keys to reduce the gap between North East India and the rest of India, We demand #AchapterforNE
Education is one of the major keys to reduce the gap between North East India and the rest of India, We demand #AchapterforNE #NortheastMatters
— Lingdom Kame/NortheastMatters 🇮🇳 (@kame_lingdom) June 4, 2021
@NBirenSingh @ncert @EduMinOfIndia @himantabiswa @KirenRijiju @CMOfficeAssam @CMO_Meghalaya @CMOMizoram @CmoTripura @CMOArunachal pic.twitter.com/fVRognI4k8
University students of North East India had planned the online campaign after a YouTuber from Punjab made racial remarks about Arunachal Pradesh MLA Ninong Ering, Gauhati University Postgraduate Students' Union General Secretary Parshwa Patgiri told Careers360.
“We need to find more ways to put pressure on the government, parliamentarians, and bureaucrats beyond this Twitter storm. Chapters on Northeast should start right from primary level. Our education system should be MORE INCLUSIVE,” Nilutpal Timsina tweeted with a newspaper cutting.
We need to find more ways to put pressure on the government, parliamentarians, and bureaucrats beyond this Twitter storm. Chapters on Northeast should start right from primary level. Our education system should be MORE INCLUSIVE. #AchapterforNE #NortheastMatters@ROKIBUZZAMAN2 pic.twitter.com/dv9smLWpWw
— Nilutpal Timsina (@nilutpaltimsina) June 4, 2021
“The beauty of Northeast India should be there in NCERT. A humble request to concern authorities to add a chapter on Northeast India highlighting our culture, ethnicity & diversity,” Oyin Komboh tweeted.
The beauty of Northeast India should be there in NCERT. A humble request to
— Oyin Komboh (@komboh_oyin) June 4, 2021
concern authorities to add a chapter on Northeast India highlighting our culture,
ethnicity & diversity #NortheastMatters #AchapterforNE @ncert @EduMinOfIndia @the_hindu @ninong_erring pic.twitter.com/zlQ2up85hn
In their tweets, many have highlighted the history, culture, and biodiversity of the region.
