While a section of students and teachers found the passage highly inappropriate for Class X students, another section found the questions accompanying them tough and confusing.
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi demanded the withdrawal of the gender-insensitive passage in the English paper of the Class X CBSE exam, following which the Opposition staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha Monday.
Gandhi said while raising the issue in the zero hour, that the passage should be withdrawn along with a apology and also to make sure that such happenings should not be repeated.
According to the passage, Gandhi pointed out, allowing women to be independent is a problem and the âdisobedienceâ shown by wives towards their husbands leads to similar issues in children. Slamming the passage as one that reflects extremely poorly on todayâs education, Gandhi said it was blatantly misogynistic and regressive. She also sought a study on gender sensitivity in the curriculum.
After Gandhiâs submission, the Opposition wanted the government to respond to it with a statement. However, Speaker Om Birla said that it was not the practice in the Lok Sabha. The MPs also sought a review of the entire CBSE curriculum. With Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also present, the Opposition â including the Congress, DMK and Left parties â walked out in protest.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also criticised the passage in question. âMost #CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting. Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth,â he tweeted. âHard work pays. Bigotry doesnât,â he added.
Most #CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 13, 2021
Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth.
Kids, do your best.
Hard work pays. Bigotry doesnât.
âWhat people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parentâs authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she still tried to insist⌠In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and the mother deprived herself, in fact of the means of discipline,â the passage read.
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