Preamble, Fundamental Duties of Constitution to be recited in Rajasthan Govt schools on Saturdays
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Jaipur: The Preamble and Fundamental Duties of the Constitution will now be recited on Saturdays in every government school in Rajasthan, the Rajasthan cabinet decided on Friday.
According to a government release, this decision was taken at the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at his residence on Friday evening.
“In the meeting, it was decided to start reading of the Preamble and Fundamental Duties of the Constitution in every school. This will further strengthen the faith and pride of the young generation of the state in the country’s great Constitution, democracy and nationalism. This will be done every Saturday (no bag day) in the schools,” said the release.
The Preamble and fundamental duties of the Constitution will also be added to the newly published textbooks.
Another decision taken was to amend the existing laws to give more opportunity to candidates from Rajasthan in state government services by giving more weightage to general knowledge related to the state in recruitment examinations, said the release.
Several other decisions were also taken during the meeting including the formation of new districts, first increment in the interest of the employees in 6 months and so on.
Other important decisions included computer education in Sanskrit schools and renaming of the Rajasthan ILD Skills University as 'The Vishwakarma Skills University'.
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