Errors galore: Reference book for teachers withdrawn

The state Education department has withdrawn the reference book for primary schools teachers issued under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

The state Education department has withdrawn the reference book for primary schools teachers issued under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The book titled Gyan Sarovar,which was given teachers to teach subjects like history,geography,civics and general knowledge,turned out to be a book of errors.

Not only were there several printing errors and wrong information,the book written in English,exposed the state governments claim of promoting Punjabi language.

By this time,most schools have completed half of the syllabus and authorities are not sure when the revised version of the book will be distributed.

The book cites two different theories related to the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and has two different names for the wife of Guru Amardas. It evens state that taking drugs does not make one is an addict and even lays undue stress on issues of blind faith.

Add to this is the fact that diagrams like a human heart printed on Page 3,the biogas plant on Page 343,water cycle on Page 213,teeth on Page 286,brain on Page 278,are all marked in English.

Primary District Education Officer of Moga Baldev Singh said,The book had a lot of discrepancies,hence the government has withdrawn the book from all over the state. Some of the information were incorrect. There were some derogatory remarks about the below poverty line population,too. While most of the book is in Punjabi,yet English has been used in some places.

Moga district alone has sent back 381 books while over a 1,200 books will be returned from Ludhiana.

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