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Panel set up to scrutinise textbooks

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has decided to set up a monitoring committee to scrutinise books before they are prescribed for syllabus in schools and colleges.

“We have decided to constitute a monitoring committee which will closely scrutinise all college textbooks before granting approval for their introduction in the syllabus,” State Higher Education Minister Samir Dey said. The move has come close on the heels of the claims by BJP about a book meant for second year college students, which allegedly compared Sangh Parivar outfits with terrorist organisations. The ‘derogatory’ remarks have been made both in Oriya and English versions of the book, published from Cuttack, state BJP vice-president Nayan Mohanty said while demanding its immediate withdrawal from the market. Mr. Mohanty sought immediate arrest of the authors of the two books. –PTI

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