Imparting education has always its challenges. The principal and eight teachers at a private school in Allahabad quit their jobs after an order banned playing the national anthem, Vande Mataram and Saraswati Vandana on Independence Day. There have been reports that the principal and the eight teachers had not put their protest in writing, but have told resources that they would not be coming to school because the decision was “unjust.”
The manager of MA Convent school, Mohammad Zia-ul Haq, was quoted saying that the order was passed after some parents objected to their children singing songs “against their religion”. The school reportedly has demographics of around 200 Hindu students and 150 Muslim students.
The manager also said the line “Bharata bhagya vidata” was against Islam because because Allah “is our bhagya vidata”. “In the national anthem, the country has been described as being bigger and more important than ‘mazhab’ (religion) and ‘khuda’ (god) which would be unacceptable to any true Muslim,” The Indian Express quoted him as saying.