Now Odisha students to pray twice a day in schools

Bhubaneswar: Now the students of all state-run schools in Bhubaneswar will have to pray twice a day as a new rule has been framed to make the children more disciplined.

As per the decision by the School & Mass Education Department, two-time prayer classes will be compulsory for the students in primary, upper primary and high schools in the state capital from today.

With this, the students will pray before commencement of classes and at the end of school hours at 4.00 pm.

“Earlier, the process was being followed in a few schools. The initiative for conducting two-time prayer a day has been implemented in all government schools in Bhubaneswar with aim to make students more disciplined. Later, all schools in the state will be asked to follow the rule,” said School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash.

The move came in view of possible fatal accidents of students who are very often found running hurriedly from school campus and used to cross the roads in a careless manner after end of the school hours.

After ringing of last school bell, all the students will assemble and attend the prayer class in school. Also, they will be asked to speak something about themselves following which they will be allowed to leave for their homes, sources in the department said.