ICC Note:

Christians in India are opposing the draft education policy introduced by the government claiming that it will endanger India’s secular fabric and prop up the caste system. According to Christians, the draft policy attempts to promote both religious and political ideologies that place Hindu values above other religions. For example, the draft policy would make the practice of yoga, a deeply Hindu practice, mandatory for all students regardless of religious identity. 

11/23/2016 India (UCAN) – Christians are opposing a draft education policy introduced by India’s pro-Hindu government worried that it will tear the country’s secular fabric and prop up the caste system.

The federal government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), published a draft education policy in July seeking public opinion. Church groups were the first to oppose it saying the policy attempts to implement the cultural, religious and political ideologies of the BJP.

“The government is trying to impose an anti-people policy on the whole country. If the draft is finalized it will disturb the secular and peaceful fabric of the country,” Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi said.

Christians say that the draft wants to commercialize education, a move that will only produce brain-washed employees instead of enlightened citizens. They also say that the draft policy undermines the values of equality, secularism and socialism enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

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