Scientists in India protest move to drop Darwinian evolution from textbooks

Science 28 Apr 2023

 

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution will no longer appear in textbooks used by millions of Indian students under a controversial recent policy adopted by education officials. (Science) ©Wikimedia Commons

According to Science (28 Apr 2023):

"Scientists in India protest move to drop Darwinian evolution from textbooks. Scientists in India are protesting a decision to remove discussion of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from textbooks used by millions of students in ninth and 10th grades. More than 4000 researchers and others have so far signed an open letter asking officials to restore the material." ...

Continue to read in the Science article.

Could it be that a climate of unorthodox unscientific thinking, anti-science emotions and lack of scientific training mixed with spiritual-mythological-religious thinking is the cause of opposition to evolution in India? The same intellectual climate that stimulated Periannan Senapathy to invent a non-evolutionary origin of life? 

 

Postscript

Not teaching evolution is an injustice

Science 29 June 2023

"Opposition to evolution in India is relatively recent, influenced in part by notions of intelligent design. Traditionally, unlike Abrahamic religions, Indic religions did not perceive evolution or Darwinism as a threat to their beliefs."

Read the full article here.