Respect For Hindus, Non-Christians Cannot Be Compromised At Missionary Schools

The missionary schools, known for imparting discipline and spreading education among students, have to ensure that there is also a need for imparting lessons of religious tolerance among the teachers, priests, and nuns employed by them. (Image source: Getty)

Recently, in a case of religious intolerance, a teacher in a private Christian missionary school in Agartala prevented a Hindu student studying in Class 8 from wearing a wristband bearing the symbol of Om. The teacher even confiscated the wristband. After a complaint by the student’s father, Manoj Nath, a faculty member at the state-run Women’s College, the school administration termed the incident unfortunate, as reported by the Indian Express. According to the report, the school