‘How Did Gandhi Kill Himself?’ Gujarat School Asks, Earns Inquiry

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A question in a school exam on how Mahatma Gandhi killed himself has shocked the Gujarat Education authorities and prompted them to initiate an inquiry into the matter.

Another question about bootlegging in dry Gujarat has also irked the officials.

“Gandhijiye aapghaat karwa maate shu karyu?” (Translation: How did Gandhi ji kill himself?) was the question asked in Gujarati to students of class 9 in an internal assessment examination of schools run under the banner of ‘Sufalam Shala Vikas Sankul’ an official said.

The Sufalam Shala Vikas Sankul is an organisation of self-financed schools and educational institutions which receives government grants in Gandhinagar.

Further, a question in the exam paper of class 12 was on ‘writing a letter to district police chief complaining about the rise in the sale of liquor in your area and nuisance created by bootleggers’.

“A cluster of self-financed schools and those getting grants included these two questions for internal assessment exams held on Saturday. These questions are highly objectionable, and we have initiated an inquiry. Action will be taken after the report comes in,” Gandhinagar’s district education officer Bharat Vadher told PTI.

The question papers were set my the school management, run under the banner of Sufalam Shala Vikas Sankul, and the state’s Education Department had nothing to do with the same, he added.

(This piece has been edited for clarity.)