New Social Studies standards in Connecticut will include Sikhism

- ADVERTISEMENT -   The Connecticut State Board of Education voted in favor of new social studies standards, which will include Sikhism for the fir...

October 6, 2023
6:10 PM

- ADVERTISEMENT -   The Connecticut State Board of Education voted in favor of new social studies standards, which will include Sikhism for the first time ever. The vote, which took place Oct. 4, 2023, will give approximately 514,000 students in Connecticut the opportunity to learn about the Sikh community, the Sikh Coalition said in a press release. 'These new standards will provide students the opportunity to learn about the Sikh community at all three levels of their education,' Norwich City Councilman   Swaranjit Singh of Norwich, CT, is quoted saying.