Curriculum decolonisation debates – UGC NET Question

Curriculum decolonisation involves challenging colonial-era biases in what counts as legitimate knowledge. It calls for foregrounding indigenous, local and marginalised perspectives alongside or in place of dominant Eurocentric narratives. The stem’s reference to re-examining Eurocentrism and including indigenous knowledge fits squarely within these debates. Hence, “decolonisation” is the correct term.

Option A:
Depoliticisation would mean removing political content or critical analysis from the curriculum. Decolonisation, by contrast, is an explicitly political and critical project, so this option is not appropriate.

Option B:
Decolonisation debates help universities question whose knowledge is privileged and how power shapes syllabi. This is exactly what the stem describes, confirming that this option is accurate.

Option C:
Militarisation refers to the increasing influence of military ideas or institutions in society and has no direct link to the inclusion of indigenous perspectives in curricula. Therefore, this option is incorrect.

Option D:
Mechanisation relates to automation and the use of machines and is unrelated to the epistemic and cultural issues raised in curriculum reform. Thus, this option cannot complete the statement.