Overview
- The chief minister directed the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) to file an FIR and asked the State Crime Branch to investigate the textbook production chain on July 11.
- Reports put the number of errors at roughly 1,600 to more than 2,000 spread across 55 textbooks that were printed in nearly 29.6 million copies for about 5.3 million students.
- The government has already suspended former SCERT director Manoj Padhi and three assistant directors and started departmental proceedings against six other officials.
- Independent reporting and officials cite a hurried 15-month curriculum rollout, weak manuscript editing, faulty translation of NCERT-derived material, and deviations from prescribed procedures as likely causes.
- Investigators will examine manuscript preparation through printing to fix responsibility, and the government plans measures such as a master errata register and a new quality assurance cell to prevent repeat errors.