Congress slams Government over delay in Class 6 textbooks

New Delhi: The Congress Friday slammed the Centre over the delay in publishing new Class 6 textbooks, alleging the Education Ministry is “sabotaging” the education of children after doing the same with the examination process through the “incompetent” National Testing Authority.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh hit out at the government over the issue, saying that either the “rot runs deep”, or the incompetence scales new heights everyday.

In a post on X, he said, “After sabotaging the examination process through the incompetent National Testing Authority, the non-biological PM’s Education Ministry is sabotaging the education of our children.”

“Even as the school year has begun, the NCERT - the National (read Nagpur) Council of Educational Research and Training - has failed to publish new textbooks for Science, Mathematics, and Social Sciences for Class 6 students,” Ramesh said.

The textbooks themselves have not been finalised by the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC), he said.

Ramesh pointed out that printing will take another 10 to 15 days.

Officials expect a delay of two months before they can make new books available to students, he claimed.

“Either the rot runs deep, or the incompetence scales new heights everyday!” Ramesh said.

Later, Ramesh shared a media report which said the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is working on a proposal to recreate ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ in a virtual format via a web platform.