{"id":2408,"date":"2015-09-26T06:02:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2022-01-11T02:58:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T01:58:15","slug":"bizarre-lessons-in-indian-textbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/09\/bizarre-lessons-in-indian-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre Lessons in Indian Textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education is an enlightening experience we all deserve to have. Countries worldwide aim to have high literacy rate thus proper education should be catered to the citizens. However, in India, some textbooks were found with worrying information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article below to\u00a0check some of the bizarre information in their textbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-34336826<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What do you think about the article? Discuss the mentioned erroneous lessons.
2. What is the best way to rectify this issue?
3. Have you read history books that were erroneous?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B2 – Upper Intermediate Education is an enlightening experience we all deserve to have. Countries worldwide aim to have high literacy rate thus proper education should be catered to the citizens. However, in India, some textbooks were found with worrying information. 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