Kolkata, Nov. 6 -- The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Thursday issued a directive making it mandatory for students in all government and government-aided schools to sing Rabindranath Tagore's "Banglar Mati Banglar Jol" during their morning prayer assemblies.
The song, written by Tagore in 1905 during the anti-Partition movement, was officially adopted as the State Song of West Bengal in 2023 after a resolution was passed in the Assembly. The latest order marks its inclusion as a daily prayer song in schools across the state.
WBBSE Secretary Subrata Ghosh confirmed the directive, stating, "From now on, the song will be compulsory in school prayer assemblies."Earlier this year, the state's chief secretary had notified t...