Guwahati: BJP legislator from Manipur RK Imo Singh has asked the NCERT to immediately correct an error in a textbook, which wrongly credited a traditional Manipuri game, Mukna-Kangjei, to Mizoram.
Taking to X, he said, “NCERT has made a gross error by publishing the association of this traditional sport with Mizoram. It is purely a traditional sport of the State of Manipur. NCERT needs to rectify this mistake immediately. Our State Education Minister Shri Th Basanta Singh should take this matter up with the Government of India to solve this issue and ensure that such errors are not repeated again by NCERT.” He wrote that Mukna-Kangjei is a traditional sport of Manipur, a variant of hockey and involves wrestling too, thus known as wrestling-hockey.
The error was made in an 88-page NCERT textbook ‘Learning Through Traditional Games’, which has been designed to educate students about various traditional games from different states of India.
A PTI report quoted an unnamed official as saying, “It seems a genuine typing error as the contents of the chapter attribute the sport to Manipur and its history.” The report added “officials told PTI that they had taken note of the issue and are looking into it.”
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