State government is willing to introduce yoga classes in government schools across the state. The move has been undertaken following concern over rising stress level among students and growing number of suicides.
Yoga is expected to significantly reduce stress among students, thus overcoming depression among them and checking suicidal tendencies.
“The programme aims at holistic development of learners. Complete physical and mental development is a must for a student to do well academically,” said state project director, Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC), Rajesh Bhushan.
In order to teach yoga, the government has created an army of about 1,100 trained yoga instructors. “This army has been created in a mission-mode, so that the learners receive, along with quality education, training in living a healthy life,” Bhushan added.