NCERT: Return textbooks with 'corruption' chapter
New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday issued an advisory, asking people to return copies of the now-withdrawn Class 8 textbook that had a chapter on "judicial corruption" to the council headquarters. The NCERT also called for deletion of all social media posts carrying the chapter's content.
In a media advisory issued on Friday, NCERT requested anyone who purchased the textbook titled 'Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Social Science Grade 8 Part 2' to return it to the head, Department of Education in Social Sciences (DESS) or publication division of NCERT at Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, at the earliest possible.
"We also request that any content related to the chapter 'Role of judiciary in Our Society' if posted on any of the social media or digital platforms may be deleted at the earliest possible," said the advisory issued by NCERT secretary Himanshu Gupta. "It is being reiterated that the NCERT has withdrawn the textbook," it added.
The advisory comes a day after the Supreme Court ordered immediate seizure of all physical copies of the Class 8 Social Science textbook carrying a controversial section on "corruption in the judiciary", directed a complete takedown of its digital versions, and issued show-cause notices to the NCERT director and the secretary, department of school education, asking why criminal contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them.
The Union education ministry, too, had written to the secretaries of the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) and the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), seeking immediate action to stop the dissemination of the now-withdrawn Class 8 social science textbook through digital platforms and electronic media. Separately, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is learnt to have sought details on the inclusion of the controversial lines.
During hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta told the judges that a total of 32 books went on sale and "they are being withdrawn"....
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