Jammu University’s MA Political Science syllabus is under review after ABVP protests demanding the removal of content on Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, and Mohammad Iqbal. A faculty committee has recommended excluding these figures, forwarding the proposal to the Board of Studies for final consideration on March 24.

Jammu: A committee set up by the University of Jammu to review the syllabus of MA political science has recommended the removal of topics related to former Pakistan president Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Mohammad Iqbal from the course content.

The decision follows protests by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which on Friday staged demonstrations demanding the withdrawal of a chapter on Pakistan's founder Jinnah. The chapter was included in the revised postgraduate syllabus under the National Education Policy 2020.

Head of the department (HoD) Prof Baljit Singh Mann said a meeting of the faculty and departmental affairs committee was held on March 22 (today), and they have unanimously resolved to recommend the removal of topics concerning Jinnah, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Mohammad Iqbal from the course content of the one-year postgraduate programme and the two-year postgraduate programme.

The recommendation has been forwarded to the Board of Studies (BoS) for consideration. The BoS is scheduled to meet online on March 24 to further deliberate on the matter, Mann added.