New Delhi: CBSE on Monday dropped a passage and related questions from the Class 10 English exam and decided to give full marks to students for it. The board’s move comes after a controversy over questions that allegedly promoted “gender stereotypes” and supported “regressive notions”.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (SBSE) on Sunday referred the matter to subject experts and sought their response. In the question paper in the 10th examination held on Saturday, “Women’s emancipation abolished parental authority over children” and “A mother can get respect from her younger ones only by accepting the manner of her husband”. Objections were raised about the use of sentences like “”.
As the passage in one set of question paper in class X English Exam is not in accordance with guidelines of the board with regard to setting of question papers, it has been decided to drop the question and award full marks to the students for this passage . pic.twitter.com/IHfoUJSy2O
— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) December 13, 2021
Such excerpts from the question paper went viral on social media. People on Twitter targeted CBSE over these questions and users appeared to call for supporting the hashtag “CBSE Insults Women” (CBSE insults women).
CBSE Controller of Examinations Sanyam Bhardwaj said, “One question in one set of question paper on English Language and Literature of CBSE’s Class 10 First-Term Examination held on December 11 was not as per the board’s guidelines. In this background and based on the feedback received from the stakeholders, the matter was referred to a committee of subject experts.
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As per its recommendation, it has been decided to drop the passage and related questions.” “For this question all the concerned students will be given full marks. To ensure uniformity and parity, full marks will also be given to the students for number one of all the sets of the question paper.”
Congress also raised the issue in Lok Sabha
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday demanded immediate withdrawal of the question paper and apology from the Board and the Education Ministry in the Lok Sabha, terming a passage in a CBSE question paper as anti-women. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Sonia Gandhi said, “I would like to draw the attention of the government to the outrage across the country over an unpleasant and regressive thought unread passage in a question paper of CBSE Class X examination on December 11 last. I want.”
Sonia also quoted his two sentences in English, referring to the passage, which states that “the freedom of women is the main cause of many social and family problems” and “wives do not listen to their husbands, whose Because children and servants are undisciplined.”
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also objected to the question paper. Priyanka said on Sunday, “Unbelievable. Are we really giving such meaningless knowledge to children? Clearly the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government supports these regressive views on women, otherwise why would they be included in the CBSE syllabus?”
In a statement issued on Sunday, CBSE said, “There has been a mixed response from some parents and students regarding a set of English question paper of CBSE Class 10 First-Term Examination held on December 11, which states that It supports regressive notions of family and allegedly promotes gender stereotypes.”
After this CBSE referred the matter to the experts of the subject. CBSE’s Class XII sociology exam held earlier this month asked students to name the political party under whose tenure the “anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002” took place. The board later called the question “unfair” and against its guidelines.(agency)