Lessons on witchcraft in Assam school!

Lessons on witchcraft in Assam school!
Wednesday, 19 November , 2008, 14:48Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 November , 2008, 15:58





Guwahati: Little children in Assam may soon learn lessons on witchcraft in school - to combat superstitious beliefs that lead to a large number of people being hounded to death in the northeast every year.
The idea of introducing lessons on 'dayan pratha' or witchcraft in primary school was mooted by the National Commission for Women (NCW).
"The idea behind introducing 'dayan pratha' in primary schools is to bring about awareness from an early age to do away with the primitive practice of witchhunting based on superstitious beliefs," Niva Konwar, NCW member, said.
At least 300 people have been killed by rural mobs in the past five years for allegedly practicing witchcraft in Assam and Tripura. "Such gruesome killings have sent the very basis of human rights for a toss," said Birubala, an elderly Rabha tribal woman and a frontline rights campaigner.

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