Unacademy fires teacher who urged students to vote for ‘educated candidates’

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Also read: Unacademy educator suggests to vote for politicians 'jo padha likha ho’, stirs controversy The edtech company justified this decision by stating that the classroom is not an appropriate platform for sharing personal opinions and perspectives. Co-founder of Unacademy, Roman Saini, cited a breach of contract as the reason for Sangwan's dismissal, leading to their parting ways. Also read: Unacademy trims perks, pay to boost profitability Saini conveyed in a tweet that Unacademy is dedicated to providing high-quality education and maintains a strict Code of Conduct for its educators to ensure unbiased knowledge dissemination.

Saini highlighted that learners' interests are their priority and emphasised that the classroom is not a platform for sharing personal opinions that could potentially influence students wrongly. He stated that Sangwan's departure was due to his breach of the Code of Conduct. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also weighed in on the matter, questioning whether advocating for educated candidates is a punishable offense.

Arvind Kejriwal expressed his perspective on the situation in a post on X, questioning whether it's a crime to advocate for educated individuals as candidates. Kejriwal emphasised the importance of literate public representatives in the era of science and technology. Y Sathish Reddy, the chairman of Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation, also used X to express his view, asserting that Unacademy's decision to suspend a teacher for simply advocating against voting for illiterate candidates was highly inappropriate.