After announcing to include Yoga and Gita shlokas in school curriculum from this academic session, Haryana Government has finally swung into action to put it into practice even as the new academic session has already started in the State.
The State Government would form a Guidance Board or Committee to include Yoga and Gita ‘shlokas’ in school curriculum. Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Friday convened a meeting of senior officers of Education Department in this regard and directed them to soon submit a report to the State Government for approval so that a Guidance Board could be constituted for the purpose.
The Education Minister said that the main aim of the State Government is to provide all with simple and accessible education. “For making our children cultured and virtuous, verses of holy Gita would be made part of school syllabus for which opinion of experts are being sought”, he said. During the State Assembly session last month, the Minister had said that the students will recite Gita shlokas while Yoga exercises as suggested by Baba Ramdev will also be taught to them.
Meanwhile, Sharma during Friday’s meeting said that all private recognised schools under the Haryana School Education Rules, 2003, Rule 134-A has been asked to reserve 10 per cent seats for the admission of students belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Below Poverty line (BPl) category from class I to XII.
For the effective implementation of this rule, Committees have been formed at district and block level. In these committees, besides Education officers, the District Education officers, distinguished persons of the society, Parents Associations and representatives of private schools have been included, said the Education Minister.
During the meeting, the Education Minister was informed that all concerned institutions was directed to display information related to availability of seats, admissions of their respective schools on their school website and also place the same on the school notice boards for public by April 1.