Ed-Tech company Unacademy has fired its teacher whose video had gone viral in which he could be heard asking students to vote for a literate person in the upcoming elections.
"We are an education platform that is deeply committed to imparting quality education. 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. The classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views as they can wrongly influence 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 co-founder Roman Saini announced on X.
The Edtech company was under fire on social media site, X (formerly Twitter) after one of its teachers appealed students to not vote for politicians who are illiterate and just knows changing names. In the viral video doing the rounds on Internet he said, "Remember whenever you vote next time, elect a literate person so you don't face this situation again." he adds, "Vote for a person who understand things. Make your decisions properly."
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal shared a post on twitter he said, "Is it a crime to appeal people to vote for educated politician? If someone is illiterate, personally I respect him. But people's representatives cannot be illiterate. This is the era of science and technology. Illiterate public representatives can never build the modern India of 21st century."
Another X user Roshan Rai also shared the news. he says, "Karan Sangwan has been reportedly fired by @unacademy just for asking students to vote for an educated leader. He did not even name anyone but Unacademy understood who he was talking about. Shame on you @unacademy, absolute shame.
However, the firing of the teacher has split the netizens. In a recent tweet Viswa Hindu Parishad member Dr. Prachi Sadhvi said, "No Need To #UninstallUnacademy Great Work By @unacademy. Unacadmdy Fired Anti Nationalist Teacher."
In the comments section one user, rajaneesh writes, "He should have been given a warning.. rather being fired but being a son of a teacher i can say, teachers should avoid making political statements in class."
Nikhil Prashar @Cjsan420nikhil1·1h says , "He should move to Supreme Court, In this country can only Arnab have Freedom of Speech ?"
