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10/03/2015

Topic Reading-Vol.1270-10/3/2015

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Five bizarre 'lessons' in Indian textbooks
India is committed to enhance education for children. Of course. With the largest illiterate population of the world especially among women, they’ve got to have all children sit and study in the classroom. As of 2011, it was estimated that less than two-thirds of the women in India were literate while 82% of men were able to read and write.
Why is the gap so wide? Some background cultural or religious was shown in one of the textbooks used in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, which compared the donkey to the housewife. And there are other weird or even ridiculous errors or content in other textbooks.
What kind of education are those children getting?
Enjoy reading a few examples in school textbooks in India.

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