Govt Terms Report Titled NIOS to take Gita, Ramayan to Madrassas as a Report with Distorted Facts

The government has termed an English Daily Report titled “National Institute of Open Schooling, NIOS to take Gita, Ramayan to Madrassas" as a report with distorted facts. 

It clarified that NIOS accredits Madrassas under Special provision for quality education of Madrassas and various subjects are offered to learners under this provision. 

It added that there is no hard line boundary of fixed subject combinations unlike that in the formal education



system.

Terming the report as a misrepresentation of truth with seemingly malicious intent the Education Ministry said that it is totally the discretion of the learner to opt for subject combination from the bouquet of the subjects provided by NIOS.

There are around 100 Madrassas with 50 thousand students accredited with NIOS. 

The government has also planned to accredit around 500 more Madrassas with the NIOS in the recent future, totally on the basis of the demand for the Madrassas.