Ranchi, June 2 (). In Jharkhand, a controversy has erupted over the renaming of several schools by the Hemant Soren-led state government.
The names of 80 schools selected under the CM School of Excellence scheme launched a few days ago in the state have been changed as per the latest order issued by the Chief Minister.
Nadia Hindu High School in Lohardaga and Ram Rudra High School in Chas are two such educational institutions which have protested against the change of their names by the state government.
The word Hindu has been removed from the Nadia Hindu High School following an order from the state education department. The name of the school has been changed to District CM School of Excellence Lohardaga.
Similarly, the word Ram Rudra has been dropped from Ram Rudra High School in Chas, and the word SSLNT (Sri Sri Lakshmi Narayan Trust) has been dropped from SSLNT Garajkiya Kanya Vidyalaya in Dhanbad.
Lohardaga’s Nadia Hindu High School was established in 1931 before India’s independence by landowner Ghanshyam Das Birla, who donated his land to build the school, which was later taken over by the Government of Bihar .
Even then Birla had put a condition that he would give the land to the state government, but the name of the school would remain Nadia Hindu High School.
Former Union Minister and Lohardaga MP Sudarshan Bhagat has opposed this decision of the Jharkhand government. He said that this decision taken by the state government is wrong and the culmination of appeasement politics.
Educationist Madan Mohan Pandey said that while donating the land, Birla had put a condition that the name of the school would always be Nadia Hindu High School. Many people including Rai Saheb Baldev Sahu, Shrikrishna Sahu and Manu Babu had helped financially in the construction of this school building.
Pandey said, it is wrong on the part of the state government to remove the word Hindu from the school.
Other schools converted by the Jharkhand government include RK Girls School in Garhwa, CD Girls School in Jhumri Tilaiya, SS Girls High School in Ramgarh Cantt and District School in Hazaribagh.
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