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CBSE drops contentious passage from Class-10 English exam, to award full marks
Updated On: 13 December, 2021 03:04 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
In the Class-10 exam conducted on Saturday, the question paper carried a comprehension passage with sentences such as emancipation of women destroyed the parents' authority over the children" and 'it was only by accepting her husband's way that a mother could gain obedience over the younger ones', among others
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The CBSE on Monday dropped a comprehension passage and the accompanying questions from the Class-10 English exam and decided to award full marks for it to students, following an outrage over the board allegedly promoting "gender stereotyping" and supporting "regressive notions".
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had referred the matter to subject experts on Sunday and sought their feedback.
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