Another textbook raises hackles, Govt says 'unfortunate'
"Sensitivities of communities have to be kept in mind. I think its unfortunate, an occasional aberration happens. But what I would request is that the state body should always be on alert just like how NCERT is on alert and monitor the content... that is what we can advocate from this Ministry," HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju told reporters while replying to queries on the Class VI textbook.
CBSE on the other hand said they prescribe textbook only from class IX onwards and it is the school which decides on which books to prescribe for students in other classes.
The Minister's reaction came after media reports highlighted the content of the textbook of a CBSE school.
The book titled New Healthway: Health, Hygiene, Physiology, Safety, Sex Education, Games and Exercises reportedly said that non-vegetarians "easily cheat, tell lies, they forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes."
The development came clsoe on the heels of the Ministry asking NCERT to present a report about some "objectionable" references in a CBSE textbook about Nadar community in Tamil Nadu.
State Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today demanded removal of "objectionable" references in a letter to the Prime Minister.
Ministry officials, however, said that Raju,
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