Edtech company Unacademy has sacked a teacher who asked his students to vote for candidates who are educated.
Pointing out that the classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views, Roman Saini said the online education platform was forced to part ways with the educator, Karan Sangwan, for the “breach” of the strict “Code of Conduct” the firm has in place.
Saini tweeted, "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.
Saini wrote further, "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."
In the video Karan is heard talking about the bill recently brought by the Modi govt
Recently, the video of Karan Sangwan of Legal School, who teaches law on the Unacademy platform, went viral on social media.
In this viral video showing on 'X', Karan is talking about the bill recently brought by the Modi government to make changes in the old IPC, CrPC and Indian witness law.
In this video, Karan Sangwan is seen saying that the notes he had made of Criminal Law have become useless.
In this video, Karan Sangwan is seen saying, "But keep in mind one more time. Next time vote for someone who is well educated so that you don't have to go through this kind of trouble again."
Karan is saying, "Elect such a person who is educated, who understands things. Do not choose the person who only knows how to change name. Take your decision properly.
Users clashed over whether it was right to appeal to vote for educated leaders
Karan Sangwan started trending on 'X' (earlier Twitter) after his video surfaced in which he is appealing to vote for educated leaders.
After Sangwan's tweet went viral, users on 'X' clashed over whether it was right to appeal to vote for educated leaders.
After this video of Sangwan, some people tweeted in his favor, while some spoke against him.
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said, "Those who bow to pressure and are bullied can never help nurture citizens who stand up against all odds in the world."
YouTuber and journalist Ajit Anjum wrote, "Karan Sangwan was expelled from Unacademy under pressure from Boycott gang? Law teacher Karan Sangwan was punished for saying vote only for an educated leader."
"It is sad to see that such spineless and cowardly people are running the education platform."
Is it a crime to appeal to vote for educated people?
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also jumped into the controversy. He wrote, “Is it a crime to appeal to vote for educated people? If someone is illiterate, personally I respect him. But people's representatives cannot be illiterate."
Some people also criticized Sangwan for this video.
There is no condition of education to get elected
Professor Dilip Mandal wrote, "Karan Sangwan is telling that the one who has more degree should be elected in the election. Then why conduct elections at all?"
He said further, "How are these law teachers who don't know that there is no condition of education, land ownership and property in Indian constitution to get elected? This used to happen in pre-independence elections. The constitution corrected this mess .''
I stand by my statement: Karan
Meanwhile Karan Sangwan said he stands by his statement encouraging students to vote for well-educated leaders. Karan affirmed his commitment to providing free education on YouTube. "I had no anticipation that a clip would be taken out of context and spread in an inaccurate manner, and that it would be circulated on social media. My intentions were misunderstood," Sangwan said.
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