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
Religion06/Mar/2021
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.