The Gujarat government on Friday launched a supplementary textbook on the ‘Bhagavad Gita’ to be added to the curriculum of classes 6 to 8 from the next academic year with a minister saying the move is aimed at connecting students to India’s rich, diverse and ancient culture and knowledge systems.
Minister of State for Education Praful Pansheriya said the decision has been taken under the framework of the new National Education Policy (NEP) drafted by the Centre three years ago.
The state education department has taken a decision under the NEP-2020 “to include the spiritual principles and values embodied in ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ as a supplementary textbook in the curriculum of Class 6 to Class 8,” Pansheriya said in a post on micro-blogging site X.