‘Bande Utkala Janani’ to be taught to Class IX, X students in Odisha

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jun 23, 2021 at 6:47 PM Updated On : Jun 24, 2021 at 5:22 PM

Cuttack: The patriotic poem ‘Bande Utkala Janani’, written by Kantakabi Laxmikant Mohapatra, will be taught to Class IX and X students from the 2021-22 academic session.

In a notification, the Board of Secondary Education stated ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ will be included in the First Language Odia (FLO) syllabus for both Class IX and X.

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Worth mentioning, last year, the Odisha government accorded the State Song status to ‘Bande Utkala Janani’.

The BSE notification further stated the reduced syllabus for Class IX and X of High School Certificate, second year and third year of Madhyama and 10th standard of State Open School Certificate course adopted for the academic session 2020-21 will continue for the academic session 2021-22.

The detailed syllabus for all the courses are available on the board’s website www.bseodisha.ac.in