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Baba Ramdev convinces all students as well as a greater syn- bearers of the state textbook
SCERT to make Sanskrit ergy between the Digital India initia- board, saying our children should be
compulsory from Class 6 tive and related programmes of the taught about the lives and struggles of
SSA. famous personalities like Dhirubhai
The State Council of Educational Re- Ambani," Nitin Pethani, the chief of
search and Training, Haryana, has rec- Modi also said each school in the coun- the Gujarat State School Textbook
ommended that Sanskrit should be try should set achivable targets by Board, said.
made compulsory in all schools under 2022.
the state board from Class VI to XII Such chapters could be added as part
subsequent to its meeting with Baba SSA, a flagship programme under the of the general curriculum or in general
Ramdev. HRD Ministry, aims to achieve knowledge books.
universalisation of elementary educa-
The meeting was held at Ramdev's tion in a time-bound manner. It has "On instructions from the minister
ashram in Hardwar on May 14. The been operational since 2000-01. (Chudasma), we have directed text-
recommendations have been for- book officials to draw up a list of such
warded to the State Education De- According to a PMO release, Modi eminent personalities which we are
partment. said, "the possibility of a twinning ar- likely to add to the curriculum or gen-
rangement between one class of a eral knowledge books of Standard VI to
While the SCERT oversees textbooks school in an urban area and one class VIII," Pethani said.
for Classes I to V, the officials discussed of a school in a rural area should be
how yoga, moral education and the explored". He said "best teaching prac- Other business pioneers from the state
teachings of the Gita could be incorpo- tices should be identified, and a reposi- could make the cut too. "Apart from
rated in the syllabus for all classes. tory of the same created, for wider Dhirubhai Ambani, there are many
According to the minutes of the meet- dissemination". He further said basic personalities who had given their best
ing, the participants recommended data for all school teachers, such as to the society in terms of industrial
that "Sanskrit Vigyan" should include Aadhaar numbers, email IDs and mo- entrepreneurship, like Devkaran Nanji,
the study of the vedas, upanishads, bile numbers should be maintained in the founder of Dena Bank," Pethani
Bhagwad Gita, yoga, ayurveda, litera- a database. said.
ture and grammar.
Gujarat proposes Dhirubhai Prior approval not re-
"We had sought recommendations to enter school text quired to build educa-
from Baba Ramdev. They will be exam- tional institutes
ined… We would be emphasising on its BJP-ruled Gujarat plans a chapter on
(Sanskrit) use," said Haryana Education Reliance founder Dhirubhai Ambani in The government has liberalized the
Minister Ram Bilas Sharma. It was also school textbooks to instill the "spirit of builders from obtaining prior nod for
proposed that yoga should be included entrepreneurship" in the students, a construction of universities, school,
in Hindi textbooks from Class I to V. senior official said. college and hostel facilities provided
they follow sustainable environment
PM desires aptitude test Education minister Bhupendrasinh practises.
for students Chudasma has put forward the idea
weeks after a plan for "regular yoga" However, for construction of medical
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has re- in schools. universities and institutes having hos-
cently, after reviewing the progress of pital facilities, prior environment clear-
the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) at a "The minister mooted the idea at a ance is required, it added.
high-level called for an aptitude test for recent meeting with the office-
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
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