The Manohar lal Khattar Government in Haryana will test the knowledge of school students on Indian “Sanskars”. The State Government has decided to organise competition on moral education in the schools to promote tradition and culture of the country among students.
“With a view to promote value based education in the State, the Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani has decided to organise competition on moral education for students from Classes IX to XII in Government and private schools affiliated with the Board,” said Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma, while speaking in a function organised on the Jayanti of Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister, lal Bahadur Shastri, at Board’s office in Bhiwani.
Sharma announced that the students in each of these classes bagging first, second and third positions at state level would be given cash prizes of Rs 11,000, Rs 5,100 and Rs 3,100 respectively and citations would be given to schools concerned.
Recently, all Government schools in Haryana had held a week- long event to apprize the students about the ideology of RSS ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. A quiz competition was also held in schools on September 25, related to the life and ideology of the RSS leader.
The Opposition had severely criticised the ruling BJP for undertaking wasteful expenditure for celebrating birth centenary of Deendayal Upadhayay in schools and for allegedly influencing the young minds with its ideology.
Not only schools, Haryana Government had also announced to organise essay writing competition on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya in various universities, announcing first, second and third prizes of Rs 21,000, Rs 11,000 and Rs 5,100, respectively.
During first half of its five years tenure, the BJP led State Government has remained mired in controversy over the inclusion of Gita shlokas and yoga in school curriculum.
The Opposition, Congress and INlD has often attacked the ruling BJP for promoting the Hindutva agenda and saffronisation of education system in Haryana.