Bihar seeks report on schools shut Friday in minority strongholds | Education News,The Indian Express
While partner BJP is insisting that there should be a uniform weekly day off in government schools irrespective of the religion of students, the JD (U) and NDA member Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) have called for status quo, saying “tradition and precedent” should be respected.
For years, around 500 government schools in Bihar’s Muslim-dominated districts of Purnia, Kishanganj, Katihar and Araria have had Friday, and not Sunday, as their weekly day off. But this could change now.
Bihar education minister and JD (U) leader Vijay Kumar Choudhary has sought a report on schools following this practice. Education officers of these four districts in Seemanchal say they have received “verbal” orders from their department to submit a report.
While partner BJP is insisting that there should be a uniform weekly day off in government schools irrespective of the religion of students, the JD (U) and NDA member Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) have called for status quo, saying “tradition and precedent” should be respected.
Minister Choudhary said, “As we learnt about it, we have asked these four districts to submit a report.”
BJP national spokesperson Guru Prakash Paswan told The Indian Express: “There is rule of law and every institution must follow the constitutional framework. We hope the state government will sincerely look into this.”
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