Bihar Health Minister proposes optional yoga classes in school curriculum
Press Trust of India | June 21, 2026 | 03:07 PM IST | 1 min read
Nishant Kumar says he has urged Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary to introduce yoga in schools as an elective activity without attendance requirements
Patna: Bihar Health Minister Nishant Kumar on Sunday said he proposed to Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary to include yoga in the school curriculum. He elaborated that students would have the option to choose or skip yoga sessions, and there would be no attendance rules for the same. Addressing a yoga session organised in Patna on the occasion of International Yoga Day, Kumar said, "I have urged Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary to implement yoga in the school curriculum on an elective basis."
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The yoga camp at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna's Kankarbagh was attended by CM Choudhary, Rajya Sabha MP Ramnath Thakur, MLA Mangal Pandey, Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit, and DGP Vinay Kumar, among others.
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