The error in the Social Work textbook for Plus One higher secondary students will be corrected, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said.
The Minister, in a statement here on Friday, said the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has been entrusted with looking into the matter and making necessary corrections.
The Plus One Social Work textbook for Humanities students had been prepared by the SCERT during the 2014-16 period. The chapter titled ‘Contemporary Social Concerns’ has a sub-heading ‘Contemporary Social Issues’ that includes a portion on communalism. After dwelling on causes and consequences of communalism, it goes on to mention nine measures to eradicate communalism. One of the measures ‘implement economic reservation instead of communal reservation’ has now created a controversy.
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