The National Council of Educational Research and Training on Tuesday introduced two new supplementary modules on Operation Sindoor for students from Class 3 to Class 12, The Indian Express reported.
These modules are not part of the standard textbooks but are meant to be used as additional resources. The NCERT is an educational body that advises the Union government on school syllabi.
The modules claim that the terror attack on April 22 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam was “directly ordered by Pakistan’s military and political leadership”, which in turn prompted the Indian Armed forces to launch Operation Sindoor.
The modules further add that the Indian Air Force “took out command and control centres, radars, surface-to-air guided weapons, runways, and hangars with aircraft” during Operation Sindoor, breaching Pakistan’s air defence and “creating visible gaps that the world saw”.
The passages also note that the name “Operation Sindoor” was given as a mark of respect for the widows of those killed in the April 22 terror attack, ANI reported.
The two modules are titled “Operation Sindoor - A Saga of Valour” for students in Class 3 to Class 8 and “Operation Sindoor - A Mission of Honour and Bravery” for students in Class 9 to Class 12.
In May, the Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board had said that it would include Operation Sindoor in the state’s madrasa curriculum.
Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad escalated on May 7 when the Indian military carried out strikes – codenamed Operation Sindoor – on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The strikes were in response to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which killed 26 persons on April 22.
The Pakistan Army retaliated to Indian strikes by repeatedly shelling Indian villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 22 Indian civilians and eight defence personnel were killed in the shelling.
India and Pakistan on May 10 reached an “understanding” to halt firing following the four-day conflict.
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