CBSE Question Line: CBSE withdraws money from class 10 English paper. (Representative)
New Delhi:
A controversial Class 10 English exam question on “disobedience of wives”, which is believed to be deeply wrong, will be dropped, the CBSE or the Central Board of Secondary Education today announced after outrage that it also reached parliament,
Full marks will be awarded to the students for that question.
The passage contained sentences such as “the liberation of the wife destroyed the authority of the parents over the children” and that “it was only by accepting the manner of her husband that a mother could achieve obedience over young children”. .
One of its most offensive parts read: “The mother did not exemplify the obedience to which she still tried to insist … the wife and mother deprive themselves in bringing the man down from his seat.” Given, in fact the means of discipline.”
Another part states that “the pursuit of independence is the main cause of a wide variety of social and family problems of women” and that if “wives cease to obey their husbands, it is mainly because of children and servants”. of indiscipline”.
CBSE, in a statement, said the passage “is not as per the guidelines” and that the passage and questions accompanying it have been removed.
Earlier today, various parties in Parliament termed the passage as “blatantly anti-woman” and “disgusting”.
Led by the Congress, members of the DMK, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the National Conference staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha over the issue.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi took up the issue, condemning the “blatantly anti-woman” approach and demanded an apology from the Narendra Modi government.
He said the objectionable question should be withdrawn immediately and a review should be ordered as to what led to the “serious lapse”.
His son and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a tweet termed the route as “absolutely disgusting” and said such steps are “specific tricks of the RSS-BJP to crush the morale and future of the youth”.
majority of #CBSE So far the papers were very tough and the comprehension passages in the English paper were absolutely disgusting.
Special RSS-BJP conspiracies to crush the morale and future of the youth.
Kids, do your best.
Hard work pays off. Bigotry is not.— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 13, 2021
“Till now most of the CBSE papers were very tough and passing the comprehension in the English paper was disgusting. The typical RSS-BJP ploy to crush the morale and future of the youth…Kids, do your best. Hard work pays off Bigotry doesn’t,” wrote Mr. Gandhi.
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