Class 4 Textbook Encourages Breathing “Experiment” to Kill Kittens

The textbook asks children to torture kittens to prove that living beings need to breathe or they will die.

Of late, several textbooks in Indian schools have come under fire for publishing questionable content in the name of education.

Last week, a sociology textbook for class 12 made headlines as it said “parents of ugly girls need to pay dowry.” This week, a class 4 book on environmental studies, while telling students about the importance of breathing, describes an experiment which asks students to practically suffocate a kitten to death.

This experiment is a part of the 4th grade curriculum in a reputed school in Delhi. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! pic.twitter.com/g6dwHNWqAD

— Lola Kuttiamma (@Priya_Menon) February 2, 2017