#NortheastMatters: Youths Campaign For Chapter On Northeastern States In NCERT Textbooks

Using #NortheastMatters and #AchapterforNE, they have said the NCERT textbooks should include chapters on the culture, geography and history of the region.

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). 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 "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 Education is one of the major keys to reduce the gap between North East India and the rest of India, We demand #AchapterforNE #NortheastMatters@NBirenSingh @ncert @EduMinOfIndia @himantabiswa @KirenRijiju @CMOfficeAssam @CMO_Meghalaya @CMOMizoram @CmoTripura @CMOArunachal pic.twitter.com/fVRognI4k8 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 The beauty of Northeast India should be there in NCERT. A humble request toconcern 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 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.