A fresh controversy has arisen over teaching children to say ‘Abu-Ammi’ in an English-medium private school in Rajasthan’s Kota. It is alleged that the children are being taught Urdu words in the book of a private school in Kota. Coming to know about this, Bajrang Dal has complained to the Divisional Commissioner, District Education Officer (DEO) objecting to it. Bajrang Dal members allege that apart from Muslims, children are taught to speak Ammi and Abbu. It is being told that in an English medium school book, the mother is called Ammi and the father is called Abbu.
Parents have complained that their children studying in a private English-medium school have started using words like abbu and ammi even at home and demanding to eat biryani. Parents of Hindu children are known to have called the book an attempt to create distance between their children and Hindu culture.
According to media reports, the students’ relatives said that when they came to know about the matter, they complained to the Bajrang Dal. At the same time, education department officials said that no student’s parents have filed a complaint so far, though a case has been registered over the Bajrang Dal’s objection.
The matter was reported on July 12, said Yogesh Rainwal, co-provincial coordinator of the Bajrang Dal. He said calls were coming from parents of children studying in Kota’s English medium schools. Parents complained about the presence of religion-related words in school textbooks. Yogesh Renwal said he had bought a book called to investigate the matter. The book is taught in Class II, which is printed in a publishing house in Hyderabad. The book has 113 pages and is priced at Rs 352.
In Jamtara district of Jharkhand state, over 100 government schools in Muslim-majority areas have changed their weekly holiday from Sunday to Friday without taking permission from the authorities. There is every possibility of controversy due to the fact that Urdu words are being taught in schools.
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