Haryana govt to include Bhagavad Gita verses in school syllabus from next academic year

In a major development, Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gurjar announced that the BJP-led-state government is going to include the verses of Bhagavad Gita in school textbooks.

 

 

While talking to the private media house he said the verses will be added to the syllabus from the next academic session. Gurjar further added this decision will motivate people and also help society.

 

"Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that we will include the verses of Gita in the syllabus of school books. We will soon finish the work and include them in the syllabus from the next session. State Government's decision will motivate people and also help society," Kanwar Pal Gurjar said.

 

 

On Saturday, during the International Gita Mahotsava in Kurukshetra, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that from the next academic session, students will be taught to recite 'shlokas' of the Bhagavad Gita in schools across the state. The chief minister said the youth should imbibe the essence of Gita in their lives as the message of the holy book was given not for only Arjuna but all of us.

 

Khattar said in order to enhance the scale of the annual international Gita Mahotsav, a Gita Jayanti committee would be constituted from next year.