In damage control mode, JKBOSE rues criticism over mix-up in textbook

Srinagar, Feb 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) has found itself in a damage control mode with regard to the issue concerning the class 10th textbook of Economics, Disaster Management and Road Safety Education.In a statement, JKBOSE has said that the stakeholders should not highlight the errors, pointed out in textbooks, on social media but should be brought to the notice of JKBOSE officials for its rectification.If any error is identified by the students, teachers or parents in any textbook published by the JKBOSE, it should be brought to the notice of the BOSE authorities for its rectification but not in the social media,” the JKBOSE statement reads.The statement comes days after the JK Board invited ridicule for a copy-paste change in a Class 10 textbook. The error was spotted in the hard copy of the textbook while the soft copy of the same edition was available on the official website of the JKBOSE till February 16 morning