A compulsory yoga education programme is soon to be made compulsory in every government school in Uttar Pradesh as the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the state officials to work in this regard.
The state government has also decided that mandatory self-defense training be provided to girl students in these schools. According to a statement released by the UP government, Adityanath chaired a meeting of education department officials late evening on Monday, where he have these directions.
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“The Chief Minister directed that ‘Rani Laxmibai Aatmaraskha Kaaryakram’ (self-defence programme) and ‘Yog Shiksha Kaaryakram’ (Yoga education programme) would be compulsory,” the statement released on Tuesday said.
In the meeting, Adityanath stressed on filing FIRs in instances of mass copying, or when government teachers are found running private coaching centres.
It was also decided that the state government would come up with guidelines to curtail exorbitant school fees charged by private schools and colleges.
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In the meeting, Adityanath also stressed on a uniform syllabus for all the state universities of UP and the need to ensure that academic sessions in colleges are held regularly. He asked the institutes of higher education to fill up the vaccancies of teachers.
Instructions were also issued to put an end to “old trades” such as radio mechanic in ITIs and start new trades as per the need of the industry.