SITAMARHI NEWS: Friday or Sunday? This school in Bihar deepens a holiday dispute, the education department that is solving

Last updated: September 12, 2025, 21:26 IST Sitamarhi school holidays -Controversy: The controversy immersed on Friday or Sunday holidays in the higher high school, movement. Muslim community is angry about this. The Deo said that a temporary solution was found for the exam. Sitamarhi: A deep controversy has emerged in the highest high school in the district’s highest secondary school over the past one week over the weekly holiday. This school was fired for years earlier, but recently based on a letter issued by the District Education Officer (Deo), the principal declared a holiday on Sunday. Once this rule came into effect, parents and students strongly opposed it. Even the students stopped coming to school, causing the educational atmosphere of the entire area to disrupt. Conflict in tradition and rules is actually scheduled on Sunday, the weekly holiday of high schools is planned on Sunday, while there has traditionally been a holiday in middle schools in Urdu. When these middle schools were reversed and high school, this tradition and rule were confronted. The deos of both Sitamarhi and Shivhar districts ordered a holiday in their respective letters on Sunday. This decision has spread deeply among the Muslim community. Parents say that about 80% of children in the school’s nutritious environment come from the Muslim class and it is appropriate to keep a Friday holiday from a religious point of view. The holidays should be held on Friday, and the dispute was caught up when the people of the Muslim community wrote a letter from the district administration to the higher officials demanding that the holiday be held on Friday. He said it is the guilt of the education department to implement the holidays without departmental approval on Sunday. This order caused dilemma and dissatisfaction among the students and their parents. Even the children refused to go to school, whereby the teaching was completely discontinued. Local people also warned against the movement by linking it to religious practices. The controversy on Sunday holidays. Block Education Officer (BEO) Pupri, Kumari Mani had to intervene to calm the dispute. He held a meeting with parents and members of the Education Committee and appealed that the child exam is currently near, so that the students should be allowed to appear in the exam. He suggested that parents make written applications regarding the holidays so that further steps can be taken by taking instructions from the senior officials. The final solution is yet to be done; All the parents present at the meeting accepted the advice of the BEO and ensured that they would send the children to the exam. However, the final solution to the case has yet to be done. On the one hand, the Department of Education calls the rule, on the other hand, religious sentiments of the community are attached. It must now be seen how the government and the department solve this dispute. At present, it is certain that this holiday dispute from the Awapur School has become an important investigation to keep up between the education system and social sensitivity. About the author Amit Ranjan, I worked in electronic, print and digital media in my 12 year old career. My journey started with Star News and reached Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Daainik Bhaskar Digital and Local 18. Of reporting … Read more I worked in my 12 -year career in electronic, printed and digital media. My journey started with Star News and reached Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Daainik Bhaskar Digital and Local 18. Take out reporting … Read more here to add News18 as your favorite news source on Google. Location: Sitamarhi, Bihar First published: September 12, 2025, 21:26 IST Homebihar Friday or Sunday? Holiday peeled in this school in Bihar