Dossier
SCERT
Coverage of SCERT in the Nexus archive.
- Former SCERT Director arrested over errors in Odisha textbooks
A former SCERT Director was arrested for errors in Odisha textbooks, which led to a wrongful loss of ₹175 crore to the State exchequer. The Crime Branch attributed the loss to acts and omissions resulting in the publication and distribution of erroneous textbooks.
- Odisha govt. suspends four senior officials for 1,678 mistakes in new school textbooks
Odisha government suspended four senior officials, including a former SCERT director, for 1,678 mistakes in new school textbooks. SCERT will create a Master Errata Register and establish a Quality Assurance Cell to address the errors.