Karnataka education minister wants seers to suggest Moral Science syllabus for students

Karnataka By Bellie Thomas November 30, 2022 Read the article

Karnantaka Minister for Education BC Nagesh is keen to consult with seers of Hindu monasteries to come up with a Moral Science syllabus.

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This comes on the heels of the controversy over the BJP government’s decision in Karnataka to literally saffronise classrooms.

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Activists wonder about the government’s priorities, given that there are other glaring issues with the state’s school education system.

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Gurumurthy Kasinathan, member of the National Coalition on the Education Emergency, said "teaching moral science" was “a distraction”.

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There were also concerns over consulting exclusively Hindu mathas to frame the syllabus for institutions which are supposed to be inclusive and secular.

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The timing coincides with allegations of sexual assault against several religious figures in the state.

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A seer of the famous Murugha Matha — Shivamurthy Sharanaru — is in jail over allegations of raping several minor girls.

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Nithyananda is wanted by the Gujarat Police and has an Interpol Blue-Corner Notice against him.

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Siddalinga Swamy, a Sri Ram Sene leader, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Muslim restaurant owner while out on bail for an earlier case of hate speech.

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