Sikhism in Syllabus: Virginia has become the 17th US state after Utah and Mississippi, where Sikhism has been included in the school curriculum. The Virginia State Board of Education voted on Thursday to include Sikhism in the curriculum.
The move will provide an opportunity for more than one million students in Virginia to learn about the Sikh community. After more than two years of working with local Sangat, Harman Singh, senior education manager for the Sikh Coalition, said this change This will help ensure that Sikhi can be taught in classrooms across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
“We will continue to fight not only for the Sikh community, but for all groups whose history deserves to be taught,” the US-based Sikh Coalition said in a statement.
Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world and the Sikh community has contributed to American society for more than 125 years in the fields of civil rights, politics, agriculture, engineering and medicine, the coalition said.
Shrimad Bhagwat Gita included in syllabus in India too
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita course has been started in many states in India. The Gujarat government has announced that under the NEP, Shrimad Bhagvat Geeta will now be taught in the schools of the state.
This education will be given to the students studying in class 6 to class 12. The Gujarat government has announced this under the New Education Policy (NEP). Under this it will be mandatory to read Gita. School children will also recite verses from the Gita.