CBSE asks schools to voluntarily observe khadi-wearing day to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti | Education News, The Indian Express

CBSE asks schools to voluntarily observe khadi-wearing day to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti | Education News, The Indian Express

By PTI |New Delhi |Updated: October 1, 2019 8:45:41 pm

CBSE asks schools to voluntarily observe khadi-wearing day to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti

"As part of the celebration of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, it is proposed that schools across the country may observe a khadi-wearing day on a voluntary basis once a week/fortnight/month," CBSE Secretary Anurag Thakur said in a letter to school principals

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The CBSE letter said Khadi was the the heritage fabric of India which not only provided employment opportunities to lakhs of rural artisans in the country but also promoted unity and equality. Image source: Representational Image/ File 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked schools across the country to voluntarily observe khadi-wearing day at least once a month. “Mahatma Gandhi had said that khadi can unite us as nothing can. He had also appealed to the nation to wear and encourage khadi as a means of strengthening self reliance and sustenance to rural India.