Parents' ire at 'B is for bomb'
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April 30, 2012, Monday
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ANGRY parents are demanding to know why their kids are being taught about bombs and knives at nursery schools in a northern Indian state.
They complain that a book on Hindi language alphabets for children aged four to five says that "B" stands for bomb and "Ch" for "Chaku," or knife, with pictures.
Ram Autaar Dixit, president of the Parents-Student Welfare Association of Gurukul Academy in Uttar Pradesh state, said yesterday that the national education board was investigating how such a book was cleared for private nursery schools.
More than 100 schools in the state have been using the book. Javed Alam, a board official, blamed the book publisher for the lapse.
The Federal Board of Secondary Education issues broad guidelines to state and private schools relating to books, but leaves the content to publishers, Alam said.
"It is the responsibility of the education board to provide clean books to students," said Dixit, a parent.
"Children have an impressionable mind. If students are taught about bombs and knives at this stage this would develop a negative mindset for them," said Ananya Tiwari, a child psychologist.
They complain that a book on Hindi language alphabets for children aged four to five says that "B" stands for bomb and "Ch" for "Chaku," or knife, with pictures.
Ram Autaar Dixit, president of the Parents-Student Welfare Association of Gurukul Academy in Uttar Pradesh state, said yesterday that the national education board was investigating how such a book was cleared for private nursery schools.
More than 100 schools in the state have been using the book. Javed Alam, a board official, blamed the book publisher for the lapse.
The Federal Board of Secondary Education issues broad guidelines to state and private schools relating to books, but leaves the content to publishers, Alam said.
"It is the responsibility of the education board to provide clean books to students," said Dixit, a parent.
"Children have an impressionable mind. If students are taught about bombs and knives at this stage this would develop a negative mindset for them," said Ananya Tiwari, a child psychologist.
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