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New textbooks were distributed on June 20, teachers noticed the error on June 21, and the complaint was filed on June 22. representative image
SCERT said it had inadvertently printed the old preamble, since those two words did not exist. When the constitution was drafted in 1950, the words “socialist” and “secular” were not included in the preamble. They were added in 1976 through the 42nd Amendment
The deletion of the words “secular” and “socialist” from the introduction to the constitution printed on the cover of the Telangana class 10th social studies book has sparked controversy. However, the corrected textbooks will only be available in September.
Speaking to News18, Chava Ravi, General Secretary, United Teachers Union of Telangana State, said, “After a few social studies teachers noticed the mistake, we met the Director of SCERT and the Secretary of School Education to file a complaint. They said the mistake was not intentional. Regardless of whether it was Intentional or unintentional, we think it’s a huge mistake.”
New textbooks were distributed on June 20, teachers noticed the error on June 21, and the complaint was filed on June 22. “Since five lakh books have already been printed, the state officials told us that the error will be rectified only in the second batch of books to be printed in September. For this, they said they will send an error to the principals of all the schools in which the books have been distributed. I don’t think this is a process,” added Ravi. useful.”
When Telangana State Council of Educational Research and Training director M Radha Reddy was contacted for a statement from News18, she said it would be shared by the end of the day.
When we asked S Prabhavathi, a social studies teacher at a government school in Bhadradri Kothagudem, about the significance of the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’, she said, “In this era, it is very important for young minds to know the word ‘secular’ is in the preamble. It teaches us To be tolerant of all our fellow countrymen, men and women. Similarly, as the gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ widens, the word ‘socialist’ is also very important. There should be more checks and balances before any book is published.”
SCERT said it had inadvertently printed the old preamble, since those two words did not exist. When the constitution was drafted in 1950, the words “socialist” and “secular” were not included in the preamble. They were added in 1976 through the 42nd Amendment.
However, commentators demanded that the books be reprinted because “the two words are the pillars of our constitution.”
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