CM Majhi orders criminal probe into textbook errors in Odisha
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi ordered a criminal investigation into widespread mistakes in textbooks for Classes 1 to 7 after teachers reported errors.
AI generated- SCERT, Odisha printed the textbooks for Classes 1 to 7 that later became the subject of the criminal probe.
- The Odisha Crime Branch was asked to receive the First Information Report for the textbook errors.
- Development Commissioner D.K. Singh headed the high-level committee that examined the textbook lapses.
- The former SCERT Director and three Assistant Directors were suspended, and disciplinary action began against six more Assistant Directors.
What happened
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi ordered a criminal investigation into widespread mistakes in textbooks for Classes 1 to 7. The textbooks were printed by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Odisha and distributed to more than 40 lakh students.
Teachers flagged numerous errors. The Chief Minister directed the SCERT Director to file an First Information Report (FIR) with the Odisha Crime Branch.
UPSC may frame the issue as a governance failure in school education delivery: how errors in state-produced textbooks affect learning outcomes, what administrative safeguards should exist, and when disciplinary action and criminal inquiry are appropriate responses.
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