Balbharati’s Class X syllabus corrections run into 27 pages

Many Errors Yet To Be Fixed, Say Academicians


Balbharati, which has published Class X textbooks for state board students for the first time this academic year, has come up with a 27-page correction list. After various subject experts pointed out glaring errors in the original syllabus, it set out to correct spellings, grammar, sentence formation and description, as well as mathematical equations. The changes will reflect in its first edition of textbooks. The first set of corrections is already up on the Balbharati website.

Till 2017, the textbooks were written by the state board itself, which used to be riddled with errors. While teachers have welcomed the more interactive and activity-based Balbharati textbooks, errors have continued to crop up in these too.

Though Balbharati has corrected several mistakes in the new textbooks, academicians have highlighted many more that need to be fixed. (See box).

Science teachers had pointed out errors in grammar, sentence formation and description of the female reproductive system. In paragraphs describing it, a sentence read: “A pair of bulbo-urethral gland is also present.” The bulbo-urethral glands are part of the male reproductive system. This statement was corrected to: “A pair of Bartholin’s gland is also present”. Spelling were fixed too.

In the history and political science book, a total of 13 corrections were made. In the original text, the book described the cleanliness movement as Clean Bharat Campaign. It has been corrected to Swachch Bharat Campaign. Similarly, the term “trade unions” was replaced with “labour movement”. Spelling of the word “Constitution” was corrected. The line which implied that the NOTA (none of the above) option is given during an election only because of voting machines was deleted.