Guwahati, Sept 28: Educational platform, Unacademy, has courted itself a huge controversy with one of its educators making derogatory remarks against the tribals of India.
In a viral video doing the rounds on the internet, Unacademy educator Siddharth Singh is seen saying: “Tribal people are stupid. They also lack legal documents related to land and property.”
The viral video has sparked outrage and was taken down from the platform’s YouTube page.
Unacademy later issued a public statement in which it said it “unconditionally regrets the comments made by the Educator and the hurt the comment has caused”.
Statement from Unacademy. pic.twitter.com/of3Ke5lyZh
— Unacademy (@unacademy) September 25, 2021
 “It has been brought to our notice that in a recent video created by one of our Educators Mr. Siddharth Singh, he has made discriminatory and hurtful comments against people from indigenous tribes. We are deeply pained by this instance of gross negligence by the Educator, as it goes against the ethos of the Unacademy brand and the principles we stand for,” it said. “Unacademy has deleted the original video and has penalised the Educator, in compliance with our internal Code of Conduct guidelines,” the statement added.
