Exploring the role of India’s secondary school compulsory curriculum textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school

This study problematises the contribution of India’s school textbooks in students’ national identity constructions an overseas Kingdom Saudi Arabia. The construct on concepts secular democracy, colonial resistance and equal citizenship rights. Notwithstanding participants’ ambivalent identification with these ideals, they mostly express confusing identities evincing religious tendencies, gendered beliefs towards women antipathy for neighbouring states. entails implications cohesion ability to live harmony other communities diasporic setting. It also poses risks United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2030.