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A report by an independent think tank based in London has revealed the extent of discrimination and bullying faced by Hindu students in UK schools...
The report from the London-based Henry Jackson Society, authored by research fellow Charlotte Littlewood, education specialist Rishi Handa and Baroness Verma, is one of the first into the discrimination faced by Hindu kids in UK schools...
The report surveyed 988 Hindu parents and found that 51 per cent of them reported that their children had faced religious discrimination at school...
The report finds that 51 per cent of Hindu parents who were surveyed said their child had experienced anti-Hindu hate in schools, while less than 1 per cent of schools reported any hate incidents in the last 5 years..
The hint of bullying faced by these kids was uncovered when parents revealed how British kids ganged up and sidelined Hindu kids.. The report quotes one parent as saying, My child has faced bullying from other children on many occasions specifically after PM Modis rise in India and after article 370 was revoked..
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