Yeah we will.
Most young learners in India will no longer be exposed to key science topics in school textbooks — unless they voluntarily major in science in higher classes.
This just means that unless you are going into fields where such learning will be useful it will not be part of your curriculum.
I can see why evolution would be controversial but the periodic table?
It is not about something being controversial but about it being useful. If you are on the business management path then what use is knowing the periodic table to you?
This is something I often hear from students, "what good will this do me?"
I understand this method of training. I do not necessarily approve of it and I do not teach my kids that way. I am currently teaching them to be generalist not specialists.
They should know about a wide variety of topics just to be well rounded people. This also reduces your naivete and makes it less likely you will be conned. You need to know enough to know when you are being lied to. This is something that many young people do not have.
They have a vague sense that what they are hearing is not the truth but they do not have any idea of where to start thinking about it much less how to do actual research on the subject.
“It is not about something being controversial but about it being useful. If you are on the business management path then what use is knowing the periodic table to you?
This is something I often hear from students, “what good will this do me?”
Yeah I can kinda understand that perspective, but I still think it behooves one to have a certain general knowledge of the world in general and how it operates before one delves into specialization.