Bhubaneswar, June 17 -- Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das has demanded a public apology from the state's School and Mass Education Minister over alleged large-scale errors in newly introduced school textbooks.
Describing the issue as a serious setback to the education system, Das in a statement here alleged that the textbooks for Classes I to VIII contain as many as 1,678 errors and factual inaccuracies.
He termed the development a "mockery of the state's education system" and said it amounted to an insult to Odisha's history, geography and cultural identity.
The textbooks were prepared by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Odisha, under the framework of the National Educati...