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The English book ‘Mridang’ for class one and two published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is full of errors. Initially the school teachers ignored one or two mistakes, but later noticed many mistakes and called each other to warn them. In the very first lesson of the book, on page number nine, ‘Open the tap or pour water’ when ‘Open the tap and pour water’ is the correct sentence.
In the first lesson itself, a picture of an eye is printed on page number seven and the plural is used in the sentence. On page number 38 of the second lesson, the first letter of grandfather, aunt and uncle is written in capitals in the middle of the sentence which is incorrect. Apostrophes should not be used on page number 49 of Chapter 3. In page number 107, ‘Most’ should be preceded by ‘The’ which is not there.
Class II mridangams also have many errors. In the example on page 40 in the Going Places lesson, the first letter is capitalized, but in all the options the first letter is written in small print. Life Around Us on page 55 Lessons should not use apostrophes. Fluffy and lambs are not in this text, but both words are written in new text on page number 56. On pages 61 and 63 there is a repetition of site words and new words.
Shortcomings in Hindi book too
NCERT’s class 1 Hindi book Sarangi also has flaws. Ravi Kumar’s children’s song ‘Chanda Mama Door Ke’ from the 1955 film ‘Vachan’ has been published in this book in the name of an NGO. Many difficult words and ligatures are included for first graders.
Nityanand Singh, principal of Patanjali Rishikul, said, ‘There are some mistakes in the first edition of NCERT’s English book Mridanga for standard one and two. Teachers are advised to teach correct words and sentences.