English,maths and science to be taught alongside traditional Islamic theology in Uttar Pradesh as state government seeks to improve students’ job prospectsMuslim faith schools in Uttar Pradesh will be required to teach English, maths and science subjects to secondary-school level in an attempt to equip students more effectively for the contemporary world, or the Indian government has said.
The move was announced by Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary,state minority welfare minister for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), which won a landslide victory in India’s most populous state earlier this year. Related: A contemporary financial bond is helping us get more girls into schools in India Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com