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"Don't Treat Muslim Children Like This": Omar Abdullah Amid Admission Row
Denying meritorious Muslim students admission to educational institutions on religious grounds would push them towards radicalism, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah warned today.
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Religious Education In Northern Ireland Breaches Human Rights: UK Supreme Court
Northern Ireland's education system differs from that of the rest of the UK as it is still shaped by its sectarian past.
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Kerala Minister Directs School To Allow Muslim Girl In Hijab Amid Row
Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday directed a Christian-run private school in Kochi to allow a Muslim girl studying there to continue her education while wearing her religious headscarf.
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Rights Body Seeks Report In Alleged Conversion Case In Madhya Pradesh
The complaint claims that 556 Hindu children are being targeted for conversion by being enrolled in 27 unauthorised madrasas operating in Morena and adjoining districts.
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NCERT New Class 8 Social Science Textbook Flags 'Religious Intolerance' In Mughal Era
NCERT New Textbook: The book, 'Exploring Society: India and Beyond' released this week, is the first in the new NCERT curriculum to introduce students to the Delhi Sultanate, Mughals, Marathas and the colonial era.
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After Pahalgam Terror Attack, Vijay Deverakonda Says, "Kashmir Belongs To India"
Vijay wrote on X, "What happened yesterday is heartbreaking and infuriating"
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India Overhauls Teaching In Buddhist Monasteries To Counter China: Report
India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its border with China.
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On Minister's Orders, 2 Teachers Suspended In Kota For 'Love Jihad', 'Conversion'
Two government school teachers were suspended and an inquiry was initiated against a third for their alleged involvement in religious conversion, "love jihad" and ties to banned "jihadi outfits", Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar said.
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Unregistered Madrasas In Muzaffarnagar To Be Penalised Rs 10,000 Per Day: UP Education Department
Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department's order "unlawful".
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INDIA Trying To Divide People, BJP Slams DMK Minister's "Sanatan" Remark
The BJP Tamil Nadu unit has slammed State Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy for his remarks that the opposition INDIA alliance was forged as an "opposition to Sanatan ideology," saying the DMK was trying to divide people on religious lines.
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UP Madrasas To Introduce NCERT Syllabus From This Year
Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.
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India's Rise, Diversity Of Religious Teachings Should Be Highlighted In School Textbooks: Parliamentary Panel
The panel has also stressed that the Department of School Education and Literacy and NCERT should ensure that contributions of unsung freedom fighters get incorporated with equal emphasis in textbooks.
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Pune University Starts 'Ganesh Atharvashirsha' Course; Some Term Move Inappropriate, Wrong Trend
The move has been opposed by some segments for its religious overtones for which the SPPU has put out a notification claiming that is was based on the philosophy of the 'Ganpatya sect' and not on religion.
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Left With No Option, Supreme Court On Karnataka Court Interpreting Quran
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that Karnataka High Court, which has upheld a ban on Hijab in educational institutes, was left without any option but to interpret the Quran on the issue of essential religious practice.
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Assam: Lack Of Teachers, Poor Infrastructure Force Kids In 'Char' To Opt For Madrassas Over Formal Schools
Villagers in Darogar Alga char in Assam, now in news over tearing down of a madrasa, said they chose the religious seminaries over formal schooling as the quality of education in single-teacher lower primary institutions here was doubtful.
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"Don't Treat Muslim Children Like This": Omar Abdullah Amid Admission Row
Denying meritorious Muslim students admission to educational institutions on religious grounds would push them towards radicalism, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah warned today.
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Religious Education In Northern Ireland Breaches Human Rights: UK Supreme Court
Northern Ireland's education system differs from that of the rest of the UK as it is still shaped by its sectarian past.
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Kerala Minister Directs School To Allow Muslim Girl In Hijab Amid Row
Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday directed a Christian-run private school in Kochi to allow a Muslim girl studying there to continue her education while wearing her religious headscarf.
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Rights Body Seeks Report In Alleged Conversion Case In Madhya Pradesh
The complaint claims that 556 Hindu children are being targeted for conversion by being enrolled in 27 unauthorised madrasas operating in Morena and adjoining districts.
-
NCERT New Class 8 Social Science Textbook Flags 'Religious Intolerance' In Mughal Era
NCERT New Textbook: The book, 'Exploring Society: India and Beyond' released this week, is the first in the new NCERT curriculum to introduce students to the Delhi Sultanate, Mughals, Marathas and the colonial era.
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After Pahalgam Terror Attack, Vijay Deverakonda Says, "Kashmir Belongs To India"
Vijay wrote on X, "What happened yesterday is heartbreaking and infuriating"
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India Overhauls Teaching In Buddhist Monasteries To Counter China: Report
India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its border with China.
-
On Minister's Orders, 2 Teachers Suspended In Kota For 'Love Jihad', 'Conversion'
Two government school teachers were suspended and an inquiry was initiated against a third for their alleged involvement in religious conversion, "love jihad" and ties to banned "jihadi outfits", Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar said.
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Unregistered Madrasas In Muzaffarnagar To Be Penalised Rs 10,000 Per Day: UP Education Department
Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department's order "unlawful".
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INDIA Trying To Divide People, BJP Slams DMK Minister's "Sanatan" Remark
The BJP Tamil Nadu unit has slammed State Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy for his remarks that the opposition INDIA alliance was forged as an "opposition to Sanatan ideology," saying the DMK was trying to divide people on religious lines.
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UP Madrasas To Introduce NCERT Syllabus From This Year
Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.
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India's Rise, Diversity Of Religious Teachings Should Be Highlighted In School Textbooks: Parliamentary Panel
The panel has also stressed that the Department of School Education and Literacy and NCERT should ensure that contributions of unsung freedom fighters get incorporated with equal emphasis in textbooks.
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Pune University Starts 'Ganesh Atharvashirsha' Course; Some Term Move Inappropriate, Wrong Trend
The move has been opposed by some segments for its religious overtones for which the SPPU has put out a notification claiming that is was based on the philosophy of the 'Ganpatya sect' and not on religion.
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Left With No Option, Supreme Court On Karnataka Court Interpreting Quran
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that Karnataka High Court, which has upheld a ban on Hijab in educational institutes, was left without any option but to interpret the Quran on the issue of essential religious practice.
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Assam: Lack Of Teachers, Poor Infrastructure Force Kids In 'Char' To Opt For Madrassas Over Formal Schools
Villagers in Darogar Alga char in Assam, now in news over tearing down of a madrasa, said they chose the religious seminaries over formal schooling as the quality of education in single-teacher lower primary institutions here was doubtful.
