Jharkhand: 33 govt schools in Dumka declared Friday as weekly holiday

After Jamtara, 33 government schools In Dumka have declared Friday as a weekly holiday instead of Sunday without any permission from authorities.

Earlier reports came from government schools of Jharkhand's Jamtara district that they have declared Friday as a week-off day instead of Sunday, now similar news has come from Jharkhand's other district Dumka, where around 33 government Schools have declared Friday as a weekly holiday instead of Sunday without any permission from authorities.

"We have written a letter to the BO of the 33 schools advising them to enquire about this matter. All the schools have Urdu in their names," said Sanjay Kumar Das, DSE Dumka, as reported by India TV.

"It is being investigated how Urdu is tied to these institutions and under what conditions weekly holiday on Friday is offered in government schools. There is no instruction from department to keep schools closed on Friday. After receiving the report, we will start investigation," Das added. 

Jamtara's incident

Nearly 40 schools here gave written undertaking that Friday will be the weekly off in these schools instead of Sunday. As per reports, District Education Officer Abhay Shankar told the media that these schools were forced to change their weekly offs.

Senior Congress leader Ajoy Kumar has written to Chief Minister Hemant Soren urging him to take stringent action against the culprits.

"As per information, some Muslim youths forced the authorities of two-three schools to change the rule of weekly off from existing Sunday to Friday, claiming that Muslim students in these schools were more than 70 per cent," Kumar said.

"It was then followed by over 50 schools in Jamtara district," he added.

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