Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS): The issue of change in the preparatory examination timings on Friday for Class 10 students in Karnataka has taken a communal turn with Hindu organisations alleging that the step was taken to facilitate namaz for Muslims.
The development has stirred a controversy in the state and the state education department is likely to issue official clarification regarding the time table. The exams are scheduled from February 26 to March 3.
All exams are scheduled to begin at 10.15 a.m. everyday, except on March 1, which is a Friday, when the department has fixed the Science subject examination at 2 p.m. The Hindu organisations have claimed that the exam time table has been changed to appease Muslims by allowing them to offer morning prayers on Friday.
Srikantha Naik, a Hindu leader from Bhatkal said the education department has changed the time table as per the directions of the Congress government. The government is directly allowing appeasement in the education department, he alleged.
Sources in the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board maintained that the change in Class 10 preparatory exam was made as on the same day the exams of Kannada and Arabic subjects were scheduled to be held for Class 12 students.
As the debate rages in the state, the Education Minister, Madhu Bangarappa is expected to react and issue clarification over the matter on Monday.
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Rajiv, Udupi
Tue, Feb 06 2024Mr. Moorkh, The Karnataka Congress Government has glorified all temples by giving free bus ticket to women. All temples are filled with people due to this superior help of government. Mr.... are you sleeping..? First thank government.
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KS Mayya, Mangalore/Bangalore
Mon, Feb 05 2024I still cannot forget that visit by Rajiv Gandhi to Bangalore and Veerendra Patil Government was finished in minutes to make way for Bangarappa as CM. What followed was daylight robbery and that which was professionally managed. Hard to forget. Perils of voting for Congress because they won independence for India then and today too. Anyway, today we have coined a word called Andh Bhakths for people who get nightmares from that visit by Rajiv Gandhi to Karnataka.
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Babu Shenoy, Mangalore
Mon, Feb 05 2024"Karnataka govt facilitating namaz". If in fact, it does, what's wrong in it? Didn't the Central Government declare a holiday on January 22 to facilitate the watching of the Temple inauguration? If it is good for the goose, it is good for the gander as well.
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Ahmed, Karnataka
Mon, Feb 05 2024Yes, and we are happy about it.
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Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront
Mon, Feb 05 2024Who is stopping you from singing Bhajans ...
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Moshu, Mangaluru
Mon, Feb 05 2024Sometime I doubt that, are these Sanghis possess Human heart????Shame on them
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M.Mathias, Mangalore
Mon, Feb 05 2024How and why they allowed Aurangazeb to rule 49 years.
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Harold Dcunha, Mangalore, India
Mon, Feb 05 2024I do not understand why these Hindu outfits backed by a political party, are creating a unnecessary issue even for the examination on Friday timing.
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Prashanth, Mulki
Mon, Feb 05 2024Why these Hindu Organizations poke their nose in each and everything. Namaz is the right of every Muslim and especially the Muslims has to pray in the Mosques every Friday afternoon. If the Government allows the Muslims to participate in the Namaz what is the problem in it. Where is the minority appeasement. Each and every individual in India has the equal rights.
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Yogi, Mangaluru
Mon, Feb 05 2024The education department still has abundant time to exempt this day from exams. This will put an end to any foreseeable controversy.
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Gautam Das, Bangalore
Mon, Feb 05 2024What a dimwit outfits!!??….Prayers are offered 5 times daily whether it is Friday or Sunday. Communal outfits need one non sense reason to get people’s attention but only the gullible and idiots will bite the bait. Unfortunately we have lot of them.
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Hussein, Moodbidri
Mon, Feb 05 2024There will be exam at morning on the same day (Friday) for PUC students. It seems, as per the WhatsApp University, there are no Muslim students in PUC.
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ca girishkk, valencia/m'lore
Mon, Feb 05 2024What big deal.., As if like Namaz time is auspicious to Hindu students....!!!! lol
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