<p>The state school syllabus revamp committee is in talks with the West Bengal education department to include detailed chapters on anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in state-run schools' curriculum, officials said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>West Bengal School Syllabus Revamp Committee chairman Aveek Majumdar said there was an informal discussion between him and Education Minister Bratya Basu on incorporating the luminaries in the syllabus.<br /><br />Majumdar told IANS: "We just had a casual and informal discussion...we have not submitted any formal proposal yet. The minister has said that they could go forward with the thought in the future."<br /><br />"We can include the chapter either in history or any of the two compulsory language papers, Bengali or English," added Majumdar.<br /><br />Confirming the discussion, Basu said the department will take a decision once a formal proposal was submitted to it.<br /><br />Mandela, South Africa's first non-white president, died Dec 5 at the age of 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa.<br /><br />Tendulkar, retired Nov 16 after playing his 200th Test match in Mumbai.<br /><br />At present, Tendulkar's name features in Class V English textbooks while Mandela only finds mention as an anti-apartheid leader in the Classes X and XI history syllabi.<br /><br />Earlier, the committee introduced former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly as part of a project work in Bengali for Classes XI and XII.</p>
<p>The state school syllabus revamp committee is in talks with the West Bengal education department to include detailed chapters on anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in state-run schools' curriculum, officials said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>West Bengal School Syllabus Revamp Committee chairman Aveek Majumdar said there was an informal discussion between him and Education Minister Bratya Basu on incorporating the luminaries in the syllabus.<br /><br />Majumdar told IANS: "We just had a casual and informal discussion...we have not submitted any formal proposal yet. The minister has said that they could go forward with the thought in the future."<br /><br />"We can include the chapter either in history or any of the two compulsory language papers, Bengali or English," added Majumdar.<br /><br />Confirming the discussion, Basu said the department will take a decision once a formal proposal was submitted to it.<br /><br />Mandela, South Africa's first non-white president, died Dec 5 at the age of 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa.<br /><br />Tendulkar, retired Nov 16 after playing his 200th Test match in Mumbai.<br /><br />At present, Tendulkar's name features in Class V English textbooks while Mandela only finds mention as an anti-apartheid leader in the Classes X and XI history syllabi.<br /><br />Earlier, the committee introduced former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly as part of a project work in Bengali for Classes XI and XII.</p>