Taking serious view of the increasing cases of religious intolerance in the country, Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Sunday issued orders to educate the students about mutual brotherhood in daily morning assembly in the schools of the State to strengthen the ethos of communal harmony, brotherhood, and peace in the young minds.
Terming the incident in a private school in Uttar Pradesh as unfortunate, Bains said that this threatens the unity and integrity of the country. “Punjab is already following the path of communalism shown by the Gurus, but still due to the influence of social media and other means of communication, the decision has been taken to prevent arise of religious intolerance in our students, schools in the state of Punjab,” he added.
He said that the students should have knowledge about religious harmony during the morning assembly prayers .
Bains, in his orders, said that the teachers should educate the students about the good things of different religions and teach them to respect all religions. He said that this decision will prove helpful in increasing religious harmony and communal unity in the state.
He has also ordered departmental officials to issue instructions in this regard.