![]() “Why should the question be raised this year when this is practiced every year. Recently, Urdu medium municipal schools were asked to follow prayers of Gujarati medium schools that include Saraswati vandana, sarva dharm prathna and a list of 30 other prayers. The Indian Express on December 15, 2014, had reported how municipal schools have been facing flak after orders of discontinuing the decades old practice of conducting separate prayers during morning and afternoon assembly sessions in Urdu and Gujarati medium schools and conduct a common prayer, instead. In order to make students understand that with education, one can reach pinnacles of success… students will to take a pledge to attain knowledge and perform Saraswati vandana and pujan.” The Ahmedabad Municipal School Board this year too has planned to celebrate Basant Panchami on January 24 as “Saraswati Aradhana Parv”. ![]() ![]() The January 19 circular states: “Life is empty without education. In a recent circular, the Ahmedabad Municipal School Board has directed its schools, even Urdu medium schools, to perform “Saraswati vandana” and puja in the morning assembly on Saturday and share information on how this day was celebrated in other states. ![]()
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