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New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is facing backlash for a statement printed in the class 10th English question paper, showing women in the bad light. The passage states, “Wives stopped obeying their husbands and that is the main reason children and servants are in-disciplined.” It further adds, “Women gaining independence is the main reason for a wide variety of social and family problems.”
“Emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent’s authority over the children. The mother did not exemplify the obedience upon which she tried to insist,” read the passage. It added, “In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.”
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The question paper goes on to ask students to comment on the tone of the passage. One of the options in which was “writer is a male chauvinist pig.” According to the CBSE the right answer to it was “Option B, the writer takes a lighthearted approach to life.”
This passage has put the CBSE in a tight position after teachers, parents and politicians slammed the Education Board for “putting retrograde and chauvinistic ideas into the education framework.”
“Clearly the BJP Government endorses these retrograde views on women, why else would they feature in the CBSE curriculum?,” said Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
“Unbelievable! Are we really teaching children this drivel? Clearly the BJP Government endorses these retrograde views on women, why else would they feature in the CBSE curriculum?” added Priyanka Gandhi.
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CBSE is now reconsidering the matter. “A passage in one set of the English paper of CBSE Class 10 first term examination has received mixed reactions from a few parents and students stating that “it seems to support regressive notions on family and allegedly promotes gender stereotyping." The matter will be referred to subject experts for considered views as per the set procedures of the board," said CBSE.
The board has also assured students that “appropriate action will be taken to protect the interest of the students".
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