Bhagavad Gita to be taught in Gujarat School

Tags: State News

The Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani announced in the state legislative assembly that Bhagavad Gita will be a part of the school syllabus for Classes 6 to 12 across the state from the academic year 2022-23.

• According to the minister this was done to “cultivate a sense of pride and connection with tradition”.

 Factfile Gujarat

• It is the fifth largest state in India area wise and ninth largest state, population wise in India .

• It has the largest coastal area (1214.7 KM) amongst states in India and second largest coastal area after Andaman and Nicobar (1962 KM)

Capital : Gandhinagar 

Governor : Acharya Dev Vrat 

Chief Minister : Bhupendra Patel