TN schools to have yoga classes from next month: CM

TN schools to have yoga classes from next month: CM

All schools across Tamil Nadu will soon have yoga classes included in the curriculum for improving the physical and mental health of students, said chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday.

This was one of the many announcements he made at Madras University where appointment orders for 2,315 teachers for government and corporation-run high schools and 58 special education teachers for students with special needs across government high schools were distributed. Online counselling for the same was conducted on September 19 by the Tamil Nadu Teacher Recruitment Board (TRB).

Education minister K A Sengottaiyan said the recruitment process earlier took up to 7 months, but online counselling helped finish it in 30 days. This time, however, it lasted 40 days as a section of teachers approached the court. The yoga classes would come into force from next month, he added.

Sengottaiyan said 412 government free coaching centres will be set up by monthend to help students crack competitive exams. Teachers selected from various states will be trained for 3 weeks.Training for teachers will al so be conducted through video conferencing, he said.

In a bid to ensure that students develop interest in art and Tamil tradition, a students' art festival will be held this year for the first time featuring 150 varieties of cultural activities from across schools, said the minister.

Schools that have innovative teaching practices will be recognised as model schools and four such schools will be identified in each district and given awards. A total of `60 crore is being allocated to set up smart classrooms. The first phase will involve setting up of a smart classroom across 3,000 schools at a cost of `2 lakh each.