Haryana schools introduce Gayatri Mantra in morning prayers, Khattar hails 'sanskari' education

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the decision to add Gayatri Mantra in the morning prayers conducted in schools was taken to increase the level of education, ethics, and culture in the education system.

"The education department considered a lot of things before bringing this decision. How can we increase the level of education, how can we bring ethics and culture into our educational system are some things that were included in the discussion," said Khattar here.

Shiksha ka star kaise ooncha ho, shiksha mein naitikta kaise aaye, sanskar kaise usme daale jaayen, uss naate se bahut se vishyon pe shiksha vibhag ne vichar kiya, uss mein ye sab baaten shaamil hain: Haryana CM on Gayatri Mantra to be part of morning prayers in Haryana schools pic.twitter.com/2r0cZ82HaM

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Haryana's Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said they were going to add Gayatri Mantra in the morning prayers conducted in the schools.

Sharma said that including Gita shlokas in the school syllabus soon after formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana yielded positive results.

"Now, we are going to add Gayatri Mantra in the prayer meetings of schools so that the children can understand its meaning," he had said.

We've had meetings with senior officials of education dept over this. Gayatri Mantra is a gift by our saints & sages to the world. We'll issue a notification on it by Tuesday: RB Sharma,Haryana Education Minister on Gayatri Mantra to be part of morning prayers in Haryana schools pic.twitter.com/6P4vG8Ac0M

— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2018