New Delhi, September 18, 2022: Hindus are emphasizing that proposed Social Studies Standards for South Dakota classrooms should include comparative religion; if the state government is genuinely interested in developing well-nurtured, well-balanced, and enlightened global citizens of tomorrow. Although the Proposed South Dakota Social Studies Standards, published on August 15, claimed that South Dakota children deserved sound skills […]
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Hindus want Diwali holiday in all 18 school districts of Somerset County
New Delhi, August 25, 2022: Hindus are asking for a Diwali holiday in all the 18 public school districts in Somerset County (New Jersey); while schools in only four of these districts are closing on October 24, the day of their most popular festival Diwali in 2022. Schools are closed only in Bernards, Bridgewater-Raritan, Hillsborough, […]
Hindus advocate for Diwali holiday in Santa Clara County schools
New Delhi, May 21, 2022: Hindus are urging closure of all—public, charter, private, parochial— schools in Santa Clara County (California) on their most popular festival Diwali. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in schools in Santa Clara County, as they had […]
Wind up segregation and initiate integration in Northern Ireland schools
New Delhi, March 1, 2022: Hindus feel that segregation of children in Northern Ireland (NI) along religious lines is deplorable, disgraceful, embarrassing and morally indefensible; and should be urgently replaced by integration. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that we were well into the 21st century now, and […]
Number of educational institutions run by minority communities in India
New Delhi, December 23, 2021: The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has granted Minority Status Certificate to 13,602 Minority Education Institutions, which includes 14 institutions run by the management belonging to Parsi Community, 5,153 institutions by Muslim community and 7,550 institutions by Christian community, 300 institutions run by the management belonging to Sikh […]
CBSE comes to the aid of school children hit by Kerala flood
Kerala flood has tested our resolve in the face of a natural calamity. The students are one of the worst hit in the Kerala flood. As a special gesture to students from CBSE affiliated schools, whose board exam academic documents such as Marksheets/ Migration Certificates/ Pass Certificates have been lost or damaged in the Kerala […]
NCERT syllabus to be reduced in the coming two to three years
The Ministry of Human Resource Development will reduce the syllabus of NCERT textbooks in the coming two to three years. This was disclosed by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi on 26th February 2018. Giving more details, Javadekar said that the idea to have quality […]