Bengaluru, August 18: The Karnataka government has made it compulsory for students across the state to sing the national anthem every day during morning assembly. An order signed on Wednesday, August 17, stated that the rule applies to all government and aided schools and PU colleges in the state. The move was done to inculcate a sense of nationalism and nationalistic pride in students, the order stated.
According to the order, despite the government order being in force in this regard, some primary and secondary schools in Bengaluru have not been practising the mass singing of the national anthem during morning prayers, and the government has received complaints about this.
Following the complaints, Deputy Directors of the Department of Public Instruction, Bengaluru North and South divisions have visited the schools concerned and confirmed that the singing of national anthem in the morning prayer was not happening there.
The order cites Section 133(2) of the Karnataka Education Act, which gives the government the power to issue directions. The order also says in case of lack of space for mass prayer, the national anthem should be sung in the classrooms.
