WB govt to include Vivekananda's speech in Class 9-12 syllabus
The West Bengal government recently decided to include Swami Vivekananda's famous speech in the Parliament of World's Religion in Chicago in Class 9 to 12 syllabus from 2019, state education minister Partha Chatterjee said. The proposal was given by the representatives of the Ramakrishna Mission at a meeting held by the committee constituted to look after the celebrations of 125 years of Vivekananda's address.
Syllabus committee to take final call on inclusion of speech
The meeting was presided by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid the presence of Chatterjee and other senior officials. The syllabus committee would take the final call on the inclusion of the leader's speech. The state government also decided to grant another Rs. 10 crore to the Mission for the proposed Centre of Excellence. Earlier, the state had granted another Rs. 10 crore for it.
Character-building programmes in schools as part of the celebration
Incidentally, WB government decided to take up character-building programmes in schools as part of celebrating 125 years of Vivekananda's address in the Parliament of World's Religion in Chicago in 1893. CM Banerjee even inaugurated "Vivek Chetana Utsav" on last January 12, the birthday of Vivekananda.
