KOCHI: Religious studies in schools in the state should be constitutional and the government should not conduct religious studies for a particular class without the permission of the government. The decision comes after a petition filed by Manayakadu Hidaya Educational and Charitable Trust against the order to close down the school. Justice Mohammed Mushtaq’s order states that schools place a special emphasis on one religion only as opposed to secularism.
The school provides elementary education and offers classes on only one religious group without government permission. And reject other religions. This is not true. With the consent of the parents, it is unconstitutional for students to get religious education from schools. However, the court said that the practice of rejecting other religions and promoting only one religion is unconstitutional.
The Secretary of Public Instruction must order that religious instruction and religious instruction should not be taken without the permission of the Government. Action should be taken to close down schools. The Mankattu school was ordered by the Deputy Director of Education, Thiruvananthapuram, on the direction of the government after it was found that about 200 students of Islam alone had been taught and given special religious education without the approval of the government and the CBSE. The petition was filed against this order dated May 31, 2017. The court found that the government’s findings were correct in that the Millet Foundation followed a syllabus of educational research and development.
