Unacademy sacks teacher who allegedly appealed students to vote for educated candidates, Delhi CM reacts

Educational expertise firm Unacademy sacked a teacher who allegedly appealed to students to vote for educated candidates. Defending its choice, the edtech agency mentioned that the classroom will not be a spot to share private opinions and views.

Delhi CM questions Unacademy’s choice

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal additionally weighed on the problem and questioned whether or not urging folks to help educated candidates constitutes a criminal offense. “Is it a crime to appeal to vote for educated people? If someone is illiterate, personally I respect them. But public representatives cannot be illiterate. This is the era of science and technology. Illiterate public representatives can never build the modern India of the 21st century,” he wrote on X, previously generally known as Twitter. 

Unacademy co-founder releases assertion

Meanwhile, Unacademy co-founder Roman Saini mentioned that teacher, Karan Sangwan, was in breach of contract and subsequently the corporate had to half methods with him. Saini additionally burdened that Unacademy is an schooling platform devoted to offering high-quality schooling. “To do this we have in place a strict Code of Conduct for all our educators with the intention of ensuring that our learners have access to unbiased knowledge. Our learners are at the centre of everything we do,” he wrote on X.

Saini additional mentioned that the classroom will not be a spot to share private opinions and views as they’ll wrongly affect them. “In the current situation, we were forced to part ways with Karan Sangwan as he was in breach of the Code of Conduct,” Unacademy’s co-founder added. 

Sacked teacher to share data over controversy

Following his sacking, Sangwan floated his personal YouTube channel and said that he’ll share details about the controversy on August 19. Saini additionally burdened that Unacademy is an schooling platform devoted to offering high-quality schooling. “From the past few days, a video has been going viral due to which I am in controversy and because of that controversy my several students who are preparing for judicial services examinations are facing a lot of consequences. Along with them, I have to also face consequences,” Sangwan mentioned. In the controversial video talked about by Sangwan, he appealed to students to vote for educated candidates subsequent time. 

(With inputs from PTI) 

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