Delhi Minister for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST), Rajendra Pal Gautam on Sunday issued a statement demanding action against officials of the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) over a “racist and misogynist question” asked in an examination conducted for the recruitment of primary teachers.
The DSSSB examination for recruitment of primary teachers was conducted on Saturday. In a statement, the minister expressed “serious concern” on the issue and said that he will ask Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash to take appropriate action against the DSSSB.
“The purported question was asked in the Hindi section of the examination held on Saturday. It had four options pointing to a caste-based system of the ‘Brahminical Society’. It is a multiple choice question and the answers are highly racist and gender insensitive,” the minister alleged. According to the statement, the Minister said that the service department, which is under the L-G, is the governing body of the DSSSB.