A question in today’s Madhyamik examination kicked off a controversy with teachers here slamming the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for being insensitive to hill sentiments.
The question in the Second Language (English) paper read: “Suppose one of your friends will come to Kolkata for the first time and spend a few days in the city. Write a letter to her/him (in not more than 120 words) about the important places of Kolkata that she/he may like to visit.”
“How will a student in the hills or any other area in Bengal, who has never visited the city, write about the place. In any case, the English paper is supposed to test the language skill of a student and not his or her general knowledge,” said Bhisan Roka, the spokesperson for the Janmukti Secondary Teachers’ Organisation’s Kalimpong unit. MORE...
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