Unacademy fires teacher for urging students to vote for educated candidates
The company justified their actions by saying that the classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views. Unacademy’s co-founder Roman Saini took to Twitter and said Sangwan breached the company’s Code of Conduct.
- Aug 18, 2023,
- Updated Aug 21, 2023 5:18 PM IST
Indian edtech company Unacademy has fired one of its instructors, Karan Sangwan, after a video of him urging the students to vote for educated candidates in elections went viral on social media.
The company justified their actions by saying that the classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views. Unacademy’s co-founder Roman Saini took to Twitter and said Sangwan breached the company’s Code of Conduct.
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.”
“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,” he added.
Sangwan’s sacking did not bode well with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal also took to Twitter and questioned the edtech company’s actions.
“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. This is the era of science and technology. Illiterate public representatives can never build the modern India of 21st century,” the Delhi’s Chief Minister tweeted.
It is worth noting that in his viral video, Sangwan was heard urging the students to vote for educated politicians and not for those who only focus on changing names.
Indian edtech company Unacademy has fired one of its instructors, Karan Sangwan, after a video of him urging the students to vote for educated candidates in elections went viral on social media.
The company justified their actions by saying that the classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views. Unacademy’s co-founder Roman Saini took to Twitter and said Sangwan breached the company’s Code of Conduct.
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.”
“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,” he added.
Sangwan’s sacking did not bode well with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal also took to Twitter and questioned the edtech company’s actions.
“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. This is the era of science and technology. Illiterate public representatives can never build the modern India of 21st century,” the Delhi’s Chief Minister tweeted.
It is worth noting that in his viral video, Sangwan was heard urging the students to vote for educated politicians and not for those who only focus on changing names.