AGRA: Uttar Pradesh State Education Board (UP Board) has replaced the work of Hindi literary doyen Sachchidananda Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’ with that of Deendayal Upadhyaya in the revised curriculum of Class 12 for 2018-19 session.Poetic compilation ‘Sannata’, penned by ‘Agyeya’, has now been dropped from the Hindi textbook of Class 12. It has been replaced by ‘Sidhant and Niti’, an essay of RSS ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya.Vatsyayan, a close aide of MN Roy who wrote under the pseudonym ‘Agyey’, is considered one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature.District inspector of schools (DIOS) VK Rai said, “The new curriculum has been uploaded on website. Changes have been made in syllabus of almost all subjects from class 9 to 12.”UP Board's new session is scheduled to start from April 1.Major changes have been made in the syllabus of some subjects, including that of Hindi and Sanskrit. Chapters on former president APJ Abdul Kalam and Dalit icon BR Ambedkar have been included in syllabus.Commerce students will now learn about Indian banking system in detail and sociology syllabus will include topic of cyber security.Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s work, ‘Hum or Humara Adarsh’ (We and our ideals), narrating the thinking and work experiences of the Missile Man, has also found place in the new books. According to teachers, reading the missile man will develop scientific temperament among students.In Class 10 English subject, Ben Jonson’s ‘The Perfect Life’ has been replaced by Sarojini Naidu’s famous poem ‘The Village Song’. In Hindi syllabus of Class 9, a story by Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Tota’ has been added. A lesson on BR wwAmbedkar has been added in Sanskrit book of Class 9.Shyam Narayan Pandey’s poem ‘Haldi Ghati’ has also found place in new Class 10 Hindi syllabus.The DIOS added, “For the first time, lesson on road safety has been included in syllabus of Class 9 and 11. Students will be taught basis traffic rules.”