Gujarat: Question in school exam on how Mahatma Gandhi committed suicide shocks education authorities

A Gujarat school has left students and authorities dumbfounded with a question on how did Mahatma Gandhi commit suicide, prompting them to launch a probe into it.

Another question on boot-legging in dry state has also displeased the education authorities.

"Gandhijiye aapghaat karwa maate shu karyu?" (how did Gandhiji commit suicide) was the question asked in Gujarati to Class 9 students during an internal assessment examination of schools run under the banner of 'Sufalam Shala Vikas Sankul', an official said.

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The Sufalam Shala Vikas Sankul is an establishment of self financed school and educational institute, which receives grants from the government in Gandhinagar.

However, other questions asked in an exam paper was on, "writing a letter to district police chief complaining about the rise in 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.

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The question paper were prepared by the authorities of these institutions, run under the placard of Sufalam Shala Vikas Sankul, and the state education department had nothing to do with it, he added.

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