Originally Posted by
sanjaya
I feel that really, the larger problem here is that most middle class Indians seem to be relying on these Catholic schools to educate their children. Are the Hindus really in such a dire state of affairs that no one can make the public schools better? Or better yet, why has no one begun founding Hindu schools? Even here in America, Hindu temples offer religious education classes for the children as well as Sunday schools, and the public schools are good enough that Hindus can entrust their children to them for academic education. I feel like the problem is that no one in India cares enough to do anything about the issue of education. Perhaps that's why people rely on Catholic schools for giving their children a basic education, and why all the smart people come to America for their undergrad and graduate education.
So we've put ourselves in a position of being reliant on the Catholic schools. Thus it's hard to complain that they're imposing their religious beliefs on the children. After all, who is forcing parents to send their kids to these schools?
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