Kolkata: As many as 125 schools in the state have been put on notice by the West Bengal government for allegedly creating a religious divide and preaching intolerance.
The move comes two days after CPI(M) MLA Manas Mukherjee pointed out during the Assembly session that 350 schools in the state were allegedly promoting religious intolerance, most of which were located in the North 24 Parganas district and the districts in north Bengal.
Education Minister Partha Chatterjee agreed to the point put forward by the Mukherjee and said, “We will not tolerate spreading of religious intolerance in the name of teaching students and running schools.”
Over 60,000 students are enrolled in the 350 schools in question.
Mukherjee went on to claim that some government-aided schools were not following government rules under the influence of the RSS. Adding to it, Chatterjee said these schools had deviated from the State-approved curriculum.
The schools under scanner are run by NGOs which follow the syllabus approved by the Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan of Lucknow. The remaining 225 schools that are not under notice teach up to Class 8. Since many of these 350 schools are primary schools, they may not require the West Bengal board affiliation.
Reacting to notice, state BJP president Dilip Ghosh said, “There are many such schools in the country and they run with the necessary permissions.
These school are affiliated to central boards like the CBSE and the ICSE or the various State boards, and Vidya Bharati follows the required rules.”
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