Naveen Patnaik Seeks Odisha Education Minister’s Resignation over Textbook Errors
Patnaik said the errors have eroded public confidence and cited more than 2,000 mistakes in school textbooks.
- On Monday, Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik demanded the resignation of Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, accusing him of "breaking the trust" by allowing textbooks with more than 2,000 errors to reach government schools.
- State Congress president Bhakta Charan Das threatened a Statewide bandh on Sunday if Gond failed to resign, terming the textbook errors "grave mistakes" in materials for Classes I to VIII.
- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi handed the investigation to the Crime Branch, which arrested a former SCERT director and suspended three assistant directors over the textbook inaccuracies.
- The CPI held a demonstration at Master Canteen Square, while BJP general secretary Biranchi Narayan Tripathy questioned the BJD's moral standing regarding past corruption allegations.
- Patnaik urged Gond to follow Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who resigned Saturday amid nationwide protests over the alleged NEET paper leak, establishing a precedent for accountability.
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Textbook errors: Naveen Patnaik urges Odisha Education Minister to emulate Dharmendra Pradhan, resign
Naveen Patnaik's demand came a day after the Congress threatened an 'Odisha bandh' if the Minister did not step down in a week, holding him responsible for thousands of errors in textbooks for Classes I to VIII.
BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik Demands Odisha Education Minister's Resign After Dharmendra Pradhan Over Textbook Err
Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Monday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, accusing him of 'breaking the trust' of students by allowing error-ridden textbooks to be distributed in government schools.Patnaik's demand came a day after the Congress threatened an 'Odisha bandh' if the minister did not step down in a week, holding him respon
Naveen Patnaik demands resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Odisha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Monday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Nityananda Gond over alleged errors in school textbooks. Naveen Patnaik said several mistakes had been found in textbooks meant for children and argued that the Minister should take moral responsibility for the lapses. Naveen said that Minister Gond should follow the example of former Uni…
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