PANAJI
Ahead of International Yoga Day, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has instructed all the schools to initiate daily yoga practice sessions for students from the very first day of re-opening of classes for the academic year from June 4.
The directions have been issued to all the government, government aided, unaided primary, secondary, higher secondary and special schools.
In a circular issued, Director Education Shailesh Zingade said that the schools will have to conduct a minimum of half an hour of yoga practice every morning before the commencement of regular academic session. “The practice shall continue till June 21 and may be further extended as per the school’s discretion,” Zingade said.
Zingade said that during the sessions, emphasis should be on simple and age appropriate asanas, breathing exercises and meditation techniques.
The schools are also directed to organise special yoga sessions to mark the International Yoga Day on June 21 and the photos along with brief report to be submitted to the DoE by June 25.
