CBSE Drops Controversial Passage From Class 10 English Paper Amid Outrage
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CBSE Question Row: The CBSE said the passage is "not in accordance with the guidelines" and the passage and questions accompanying it have been dropped.
A controversial passage from a Class 10 English exam seen to be deeply misogynist will be dropped, the CBSE or Central Board of Secondary Education declared today after outrage that also reached parliament. Most #CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting.Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth.Kids, do your best.Hard work pays. Bigotry doesn't.
Students will be given full marks for that question.
The passage had sentences like the "emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent's authority over the children" and that "it was only by accepting her husband's way that a mother could gain obedience over the younger ones".
It also said that due to the "emancipation" of women, "there was more room now for disagreement between the parents, enabling the child to appeal from one to another, eventually ignoring both". "In bringing the man down from his pedestal, the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline," it added.
