Will rectify mistakes in Kannada, Social Studies textbooks: K'taka Education Minister

School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Sunday said that the government will withdraw the misleading portion from Kannada and Social Studies textbooks.

Misleading information in Kannada and Social Studies textbooks will be rectified and the revised textbooks will be made available in the next 10 days. The textbook revision will be made under the guidance of the chief minister, he told reporters here.

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"The state has nearly 1.2 crore children while there are only a tad over three lakh teachers. The government will take steps to address the lopsided student-teacher ratio in the government schools. As an immediate measure, the officials have been directed to appoint 8,500 guest teachers this year," the minister said.