Odisha CM orders criminal investigation into errors in school textbooks
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered a criminal investigation into significant errors found in state-issued school textbooks. The government suspects a conspiracy behind the mistakes, which include factual blunders like misidentifying Isaac Newton as a pilot.
Why it matters
The incident highlights critical failures in educational quality control and potential political interference in state-run academic institutions.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday (July 11) ordered a criminal investigation into the large-scale errors detected in the textbooks of students from class 1 to class 8.
Taking the incident seriously, the Chief Minister has asked the Director of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) to file an FIR with the Crime Branch SP, a statement issued by the CMO said.
The SCERT was the State agency that printed the textbooks, which were circulated among over 40 lakh students across the state. Over 1,600 errors, including describing scientist Isaac Newton as a pilot, were detected in 55 textbooks for students in classes 1 to class 8.
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