Comments on: New Jersey Schools Add 19 Hindu Festivals to Religious Holiday Lists for Indian-origin Students https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/19-hindu-festivals-on-new-jersey-school-holiday-list/ Indian American Community Magazine Sat, 11 Jun 2016 15:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 By: raak https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/19-hindu-festivals-on-new-jersey-school-holiday-list/#comment-923 Sat, 11 Jun 2016 15:20:27 +0000 https://blogbox.indianeagle.com/?p=13450#comment-923 “Even any student takes leave or is absent during Navaratri which continues for nine days, the school authority is barred from taking any punitive action against them.”

I am not sure how authentic this news is, if the offcial links were provided, then it would be nice.

This seems too extreem.
Say what if a public in the area where 50% students were Indian childerns then what the school staff will do with 50% of studens absent?
Even in India (Tamil Nadu) we get off for Navaratri.
Also Navarathri celebrated in the evening and ninght, then why a student need to take off whole day? I guess go to malls and play video games.

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