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RSS's Long-Term Plan to Shape India's Education System

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been working to shape India's education system for decades, with a focus on promoting Hindutva ideology and Indian knowledge systems. The organization has established a network of schools and educational institutions that teach RSS ideology, and has influenced policy and politics through its affiliated organizations. Critics argue that this is an attempt to replace one ideological framework with another, and that the RSS's efforts to decolonize education are actually a form of ideological indoctrination.

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The essential points

  1. 01RSS has been working to shape India's education system for decades.
  2. 02The organization has established a network of schools and educational institutions that teach RSS ideology.
  3. 03RSS's efforts to decolonize education are criticized for being a form of ideological indoctrination.
  4. 04The National Education Policy introduced in 2020 places greater emphasis on Indian knowledge systems and Hindi classical languages.
The full brief

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been working to shape India's education system for decades, with a focus on promoting Hindutva ideology and Indian knowledge systems. The organization has established a network of schools and educational institutions that teach RSS ideology, and has influenced policy and politics through its affiliated organizations. Critics argue that this is an attempt to replace one ideological framework with another, and that the RSS's efforts to decolonize education are actually a form of ideological indoctrination.