Remove ‘Urdu’ from school names, Observe weekly offs on Sunday: Jharkhand Primary Education Dept

The order released by the department further directed such schools to keep the weekly holiday on Sunday and not on Friday, as these schools have started observing.

The Directorate of Primary Education under the Department of School Education and Literacy issued an official order on August 1 to remove the word ‘Urdu’ from the schools that have not been notified as Urdu Schools. The order released by the department further directed such schools to keep the weekly holiday on Sunday and not on Friday, as these schools have started observing.

 

The order, signed by Secretary of DOSE&L Rajesh Kumar Sharma, reads (in Hindi) that some schools have added the word ‘Urdu’ and started observing weekly offs on Friday instead of Sunday. It further noted that those schools also changed the schedule of mid-day meals accordingly and changed the pre-prayer methods.

It read (in Hindi), “Keeping in view the seriousness of the subject matter, the following guidelines are given after due consideration:

• Except for the notified Urdu school, in which the word Urdu has been added, the Urdu word should be removed from the part of that school without delay.
• Weekly holidays on Sundays should be ensured except for notified Urdu Schools, and the mid-day meal should be operated on Sundays.
• Under no circumstances should any kind of academic activity be conducted on Sundays in non-notified Urdu schools.
• It should also be ensured that prayer is conducted in non-notified Urdu schools as per the earlier method.

Furthermore, the order stated that if the department face any kind of obstruction by any local person, school management or others, it will be considered as obstructing government work and disturbing social harmony, which would lead to appropriate legal action.

Check the official notice below:

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