UP: Madrasas Protest Move to Make Teaching of Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana Mandatory
The rule for madrasas has been mandated as part of the new curriculum on ancient Indian knowledge and heritage in the New Education Policy (NEP).
Muslim children read the Koran at a madrasa or religious school on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in the northern Indian city of Mathura August 23, 2009. Photo: Reuters/K. K. Arora
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Lucknow: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is facing stiff opposition by autonomous madrasas in Uttar Pradesh for its decision to make the teaching of Hindu epics like Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana mandatory in 100 autonomous madrasas.
NIOS to take Gita, Ramayan to madrassas
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NIOS to take Gita, Ramayan to madrassas
Sharmila Bhowmick / TNN / Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 12:30 IST
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NOIDA: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will introduce its new curriculum on ancient Indian knowledge and heritage at 100 madarassas as part of the National Education Policy (NEP).
The NIOS, an autonomous institute under the education ministry, will start a basic course for classes 3, 5 and 8. “We are starting with 100 madarsas and will extend the programme to 500 in future,” NIOS chairman Saroj Sharma said.
NIOS has prepared 15 courses on the ‘Bharatiya Jnana Parampara’ (Indian knowledge tradition) that includes veda, yoga, science, vocational skills, Sanskrit language, Ramayan epic narratives, Bhagvad Gita teachings and the Panini-propounded Maheshwara Sutras, among others. These courses are equivalent to classes 3, 5 and 8 of elementary education.