Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Directorate of Madrasah Education made the singing of “Vande Mataram” mandatory during assembly prayers before classes in all government, aided and recognised madrasahs across the state with immediate effect, said Khudiram Tudu, the Minister in charge of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education on May 20.
“Like all other state-run schools in the state, singing ‘Vande Mataram’ will henceforth be mandatory in all recognised madrasahs as well. There are many state-run schools in West Bengal where the medium of instruction is the Santali language. Singing ‘Vande Mataram’ is compulsory in those schools too,” he said.
On May 13, the West Bengal Education Department issued an official notification making the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory in state-run schools.
The new and ninth West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, shared the notification issued by the administrative branch of the state School Education Department on the wall of his official social media handle on the evening of May 14.
