Smriti Irani says it will be a must for schools run by Centre
HRD minister Smriti Irani interacts with a schoolboy performing an asana at the National Yoga Teachers' Conference in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: Human resources development minister Smriti Irani on Monday announced that yoga will be introduced as a subject from Classes VI to X in all Central government-run schools and 80 out of 100 marks will be reserved for practicals, in which students have to do various asanas.
“Yoga will be taught in upper primary and secondary (Class 6 to 10). We have decided that 80 per cent will be for practicals. I want an assurance from students that they will perform the practicals with full devotion,” she said.
The remaining 20 per cent will be for theory, she said. Yoga will be introduced to students from Class 6 to 10 in all Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country. The announcement came at a function where Ms Irani clarified there will be no extra burden on students due to this.
“Our aim behind bringing yoga as a subject is that our children go to school happily. Therefore, our aim is to give a push to physical activities in schools,” the HRD minister said.
She sought to assuage fears of yet another exam for students already under pressure with subjects like maths, science, commerce and humanities. While the minister didn’t give any date for its introduction, HRD ministry sources said it was trying to see if it could be introduced in schools from this academic session itself.
The HRD minister also announced that a national-level competition on yoga would be organised here next year, where the best performing student will be given a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. The minister said the states were free to decide on adopting the syllabus in their schools and to link it with their course curriculum.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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