Shillong, July 22: The organization AHAM want to bring to the notice of the Education department and the concerned authority that the authors of an NCERT book which is a part of the syllabus of Class III have been providing wrong information which will certainly spread misinformation to the students community.
The organization demands that strict measures be taken to rectify the mistakes and re-edit the textbooks written by Dhananjay Joshi and Neelam Jain as the textbook mentions that Bengali, Nepali and Marathi are the languages spoken in the state of Meghalaya.
The absence of information about the three indigenous tribes—the Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia or their respective languages in the book reveals the authors’ lack of expertise. The concerned school authorities should immediately withdraw the books from the school.
The book itself has many mistakes as the information provided about other states are wrong and festivals are also wrongly listed. the organization asks the authors to correct their errors and cease publishing textbooks that harm the feelings of the three tribes.
If the situation is not handled as soon as possible, the organisation would file a lawsuit for distributing false information and misrepresenting the facts, said Mr. Georgepriance Ch Momin Presdient.
