Odisha to Supply School Textbooks Afresh Following Massive Controversy over Errors

Odisha to supply school textbooks afresh following massive controversy over errors

Additional members including subject experts and educationists have been roped in to review and proof-read the books before their printing

Students to get new error-free textbooks soon: Odisha govt

Bhubaneswar: The school and mass education department on Tuesday announced that students of Classes I to VIII will very soon get revised and error-fre.

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• Revised textbooks will soon be placed on the Department’s website / OSEPA website for feedback from academicians and the general public.• Until the revised textbooks are supplied, corrected content will be shared with teachers to ensure that classroom teaching continues uninterrupted. Bhubaneswar: Addressing the media on the issue of errors identified in the newly developed textbooks introduced for students of Classes I to VIII from the academ…

Odisha govt to provide corrected textbooks to students soon: SME Secy - OrissaPOST

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday said it would issue corrected textbooks to school children soon and rejected claims about the number of errors in those books. The actual number of errors is much lower than the claimed figure, said N Thirumala Naik, School and Mass Education Department Secretary. Claims of more than 1,600 errors in the new textbooks for Classes I to VIII, including spelling mistakes and incorrect names of eminent persona…

Odisha: Naveen Patnaik slams textbook errors; BJD steps up demand for minister’s resignation

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has upped the ante against the state government, intensifying its demand for the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over the errors in the newly published textbooks for classes I to VIII. On Tuesday, members of the Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) and Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD), the youth and student wings of the BJD, staged a peaceful demonstration in Bhubaneswar de…

Odisha Textbook Errors: Naveen Patnaik Accuses BJP Govt Of Shattering Students’ Trust

Bhubaneswar: Stepping up the attack on the BJP government in Odisha over errors in school textbooks, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) resident Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought to know as to who is accountable for shattering the trust of lakhs of students. School textbooks are not just books but the first source of truth for every child, the former chief Minister said in a post on X. “A child may question many things, but never the words printed in a school…