Odisha textbook errors: Inquiry flags hasty process, no writer orientation
An inquiry committee in Odisha has found that recent school textbooks were prepared in a rushed, disorganized manner without proper orientation for writers. The report highlights that subject experts were given insufficient time to review manuscripts, leading to errors.
Why it matters
Educational quality is directly impacted by administrative oversight, and this report exposes systemic failures in the state's textbook production process.
As the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) intensified pressure on the Odisha government over errors in school textbooks during the ongoing monsoon session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, details have emerged suggesting that the books were prepared in a lackadaisical manner. The writers involved were reportedly not provided any orientation on textbook translation or contextualisation, raising questions over the process followed in preparing the error-ridden books.
The report of the three-member inquiry committee comprising its chairman Deoranjan Kumar Singh, Development Commissioner, members Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, Secretary of Odia Language, Literature and Culture, and Smita Pani from General Administration and Public Grievance Department, has flagged several lapses in the preparation of the textbooks.
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