Religious education for minorities

ON March 30, the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessment Authority (Pectaa) through a notification approved books for religious education in schools for students of six minority faiths — Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Kalash, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism — which will be implemented from this year. Pakistan’s religious minorities and civil society have long been demanding that children from minority communities be taught their own religion instead of ethics or Islamic studies in...

By none@none.com (Nabila Feroz Bhatti)