World News11 Apr 2020

Students in Nepal Required to Take Yoga Classes

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Today's topic is "Students in Nepal Required to Take Yoga Classes"

According to The New York Times, Nepal is about to be the first country in the world to require all students between fourth and eighth grade to take yoga classes. The change will happen at the start of the 2020 school year.

Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, head of education in Nepal, told the newspaper, "Yoga is our ancient science. We want students to learn it, and we think this is the right time." The government hopes the yoga classes will improve exercise and health across the country.

"Yoga has really helped me care for myself," said Abhiyan Bhatta, a 15-year-old student in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. He said the yoga classes at his school helped him with the knee problems he'd had for years. "I have healed my pain," he said.

Schools all around the world offer yoga classes. In India, where yoga started, some schools require students to study yoga. In the United States, some schools make time for students to practice breathing and exercises to reduce stress.

However, not everyone in Nepal thinks it's a good idea. Yoga is connected to the religion of Hinduism, and words like "Om," which is a special sound in Hinduism, are used when doing yoga. Some Muslims in Nepal think it will force students to practice Hinduism.

But Ganesh Bhattarai, head of Nepal's Curriculum Development Center, says religion isn't part of the yoga classes, and students don't have to do things they are uncomfortable with, like saying "Om."

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