Nelson Mandela and Sachin Tendulkar to be included in Bengal School Syllabus

Bengal school committee is undergoing the discussion with West Bengal Department of Education of adding chapters on Nelson Mandela and cricket Maestro Sachin Tendulkar, in state-run schools' core curriculum, informed the officials on 18 December.

Chairman of the West Bengal School Syllabus Revamp Committee, Aveek Majumdar told that an informal discussion was held between him and the Education Minister Bratya Basu to work on chapters on the two remarkable and inspiring achievers, in the school syllabus.

The chapters on the two luminaries can be introduced either in subject history or any of the two mandatory language papers - Bengali or English, said Majumdar.

 Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first non-white president who took last breath on December 5 at the age of 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Whereas,  Sachin Tendulkar got retired on 16 November after performing in his 200th Test match, held in Mumbai.