In the wake of the media pointing out an error relating to snakebite remedies mentioned in the Class-V Environmental Science textbook, the State Government has rectified it in a priority manner. The students will get the textbook with the change from the coming academic session.
Besides, as a new topic on disaster security has been placed in the Environmental Science textbook, the students will get a chance to know about it, said a State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) official.
The error relating to remedies of snakebite was noticed when a woman teacher sought to know whether the fact mentioned in the textbook was true or false. Even Snake Helpline secretary Subhendu Mallick agreed to the fact that the remedies mentioned in the textbook were incorrect.
Generally, it is advisable for the person to tie a cloth or rope tightly above and lower portion of injury area of the victim after snakebite and later to release the poison mixed in blood by pressing the injury area. The textbook also had mentioned the same myth about snakebite remedies.