Odisha Textbooks Under Scanner Again Over New Alphabet Errors

This news is about school books in Odisha, a state in India.

The books are used to teach children how to read Odia, the local language.

Every language has an alphabet, which is a list of letters.

Usually, teachers start with the most basic letters, like the vowel 'ଅ'.

But these new textbooks do something different.

They start with other letters instead, like 'ଚ' and 'ଟ'.

The vowels that kids need first appear much later in the book.

Education experts say this order can confuse young children.

Because of these problems, the textbooks are being checked again.