Thiruvananthapuram: Marking the latest chapter in its tussle with the Raj Bhavan, the Kerala government Wednesday introduced a module on the power and duties of a governor in the Class 10 Social Science textbook.

The four-page section appears in the second part of the Social Science textbook under the chapter Democracy: An Indian Experience. The chapter details how the governor is not an elected authority and a “nominal figure,” and that power lies in the state’s Council of Ministers.

The move comes two months after state Education Minister V. Sivankutty announced that revisions would be made to the curriculum to include material on the governor’s powers. Show Full Article

Sivankutty made the announcement after he walked out of the Scouts and Guides Rajyapuraskar award ceremony held

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