Highlight
- Weekly holiday has been changed to Friday in more than 30 government schools in Jharkhand’s Dumka district
- This decision has been taken without the permission of the authorities
- DSE of Dumka district said, ‘All schools have Urdu names’
Jharkhand News: The weekly holiday has been changed from Sunday to Friday in about 33 government schools in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, apparently without the permission of the authorities.
Responding to this matter, DSE Dumka said that the names of all the schools are Urdu.
Dumka DSE Sanjay Kumar Das said, “We have advised the BOs of 33 schools to investigate the matter. The names of all the schools are Urdu.”
“It is being investigated how Urdu is associated with these institutions and under what conditions the weekly holiday is given on Friday in government schools. There is no direction from the department to keep the school closed on Friday. Received the report. After that we will start the investigation.” Das added.
Similar incident also surfaced in Jamtara,
Meanwhile, around 40 schools in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district gave a written affidavit on Wednesday (July 13) that they would return to Sunday as a weekly holiday from Friday, an official said.
District Education Officer Abhay Shankar told the media that these advanced primary schools were forced to change their weekly holidays from Sunday to Friday during the lockdown. He said that the District School Management Committee has been dissolved and a new committee would be formed soon.
Meanwhile, the Congress demanded strict action against those forcing schools to change the weekly holiday.
Senior Congress leader Ajay Kumar said in a letter to Chief Minister Hemant Soren that strict action should be taken against anti-social elements behind this.
Kumar said, “According to the information, some Muslim youths forced the authorities of two-three schools to change the rule of weekly holiday from the existing Sunday to Friday, claiming that more than 70 per cent Muslim students in these schools It was,” Kumar said.
This was followed by more than 50 schools in Jamtara district.
Kumar, a former MP and AICC in-charge of several states, said the right to education is above the right to religious practice. He urged the Chief Minister to make public the action taken against the schools.
A few days ago, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had issued a notice to Garhwa district, alleging that some Islamic fundamentalists had asked the headmaster of a government school to replace an old prayer song with “Daya Kar Daan”. Forced to. Vidya (Please impart knowledge)” to “Tu hi ram hai tu rahim hai (You are Ram and you are Rahim)”.
It is alleged that in a middle school in Korwadih village of Sadar block, children were also being prevented from shaking hands during Namaz.
Political turmoil in Jharkhand:
Meanwhile, a political ruckus has started over the issue. Several BJP leaders, including former chief ministers Babulal Marandi, Raghubar Das, state BJP president Deepak Prakash and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, have accused the Hemant Soren-led state government of allowing changes. government rules for appeasement
Meanwhile, Congress MLA from Jamtara Irfan Ansari has said that Friday has been marked as a holiday as per the convenience of the local people. He accused the BJP of giving unnecessary importance to the matter and trying to disturb social harmony. ,
(with inputs from agencies)
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