No holidays in UP schools on birth anniversaries of great personalities: Adityanath
Adityanath had earlier said that there should be a blend of tradition and the modern systems in school education.
In yet another change in the way schools are run in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said there would be no holiday in schools on birth anniversaries of great personalities, said reports. He said that children should instead be taught about them on those days.
Adityanath had last week said that his government would introduce English in government schools from nursery instead of Class 6, as has been the practice so far.
He had said that there should be a blend of tradition and the modern systems in school education.
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Adityanath
had
also
mooted
the
idea
to
introduce
foreign
language
options
from
class
10.
The
Chief
Minister
had
also
said
that
yoga
education
programme
will
soon
be
made
"compulsory"
in
schools
run
by
the
Uttar
Pradesh
government.
Adityanath-led government has also decided that mandatory self-defence training be provided to girl students in UP schools.
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