Aishwarya Rai’s famous song ‘Nimbooda-Nimbooda’ published in class 5 book, created a stir; Government becomes strict when more than 1600 mistakes are made

Sometimes even a small mistake printed in school textbooks creates a big controversy. This time, one such shocking case has come to light from Odisha, where Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai’s film has been included in the Class 5 textbook. We have given our heart popular song of ‘Lemon-Lemon’ Published by mistake. As soon as this matter came to light, questions started being raised on the functioning of the education department and resentment spread among the parents.

How did the film song reach the 5th class book?

According to media reports, the new textbooks prepared under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 were published online. During this time, people’s attention fell on a book of class 5, in which the film released in 1999 ‘We have given our heart’ famous song of ‘Lemon-Lemon’ Found printed.

This song was filmed on actress Aishwarya Rai and is still counted among the most popular songs of Hindi cinema. But its inclusion in the primary school textbook is being considered a serious editorial and printing mistake.

Parents raised questions

After this mistake came to light, parents have raised questions on the education department. He says that why such a big error was not noticed by anyone before the book was published?

Many parents asked how the quality check process could be so weak when books are delivered to lakhs of students.

More than 1600 mistakes were found

According to the report, this matter is not limited to misprinting of just one song.

Published for students of classes 1 to 8 under the National Education Policy 2020 55 new textbooks total in 1,678 mistakes Have been found.

These include many serious mistakes ranging from linguistic errors to factual, editorial and printing errors.

Government showed strictness

After the matter came to light, the Odisha government has taken it seriously. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed the entire episode and took action against the responsible officers and also suspended some officers.

The government has made it clear that any kind of negligence will not be tolerated in matters related to the education of students and instructions have been given to rectify all the errors as soon as possible.

Questions raised on quality check

Education experts believe that finding such a large number of mistakes raises serious questions on the quality control system. He says that before the publication of textbooks, there is a process of review and editing at many levels, hence such a big mistake is a matter of concern.

According to experts, school books are the basis of children’s basic education, hence it is extremely important to ensure factual and linguistic accuracy in them.

Such cases have happened before also

Cases of factual and editorial errors in textbooks have been reported in different states of the country in the past also. However, it is considered highly unusual for a popular Bollywood song to be accidentally published in a primary grade book.

At present, the Education Department is engaged in the process of correcting the errors and it is expected that the revised versions will be released soon, so that it does not affect the studies of the students.