India, June 25 -- Balbharati director Anuradha Oak issued an official clarification on Wednesday regarding a Class 3 textbook prepared under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 after a controversy arose that the contribution of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule to women's education had been inaccurately portrayed. Balbharati issued a corrigendum announcing a revision to the controversial text.

The Prahar Teachers' Association objected to a statement in the information box on page 15 of the textbook, Our Surroundings Part-2, which described the school started by Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule at Bhide Wada in Pune on January 1, 1848, as the "first girls' school in Maharashtra".

In a memorandum submitted to Balbh...