resolution · statement of principles
Nationalisation of Textbooks
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL ON MAY 28, 1966
1966
1 pages
Summary
This one-page English-language resolution, adopted by the Swatantra Party General Council on May 28, 1966, condemns the nationalisation of school textbooks by some state governments. It argues that state control will produce poor-quality, high-cost books while eliminating choice for pupils.
The resolution presents textbook nationalisation not merely as an administrative or economic error but as a threat to intellectual freedom. It describes centralised control as the “regimentation” of children’s minds and calls on parents to resist what it characterises as a form of mental enslavement.
Key points
- The Swatantra Party formally condemns the nationalisation of school textbooks by some state governments.
- The resolution predicts that nationalised textbooks will be both poor in quality and expensive.
- It objects to the removal of choice from pupils and their families.
- State control of textbooks is presented as a form of intellectual regimentation.
- Parents are urged to resist the policy in order to protect their children from mental enslavement.
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