'Int'l Yoga day to involve students' massive participation'

A programme to associate 30,000 odd students of all government colleges in the Union Territory with the celebration of 'International Yoga Day' on June 21 has been chalked out by the territorial administration here.
Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today held discussions with heads of colleges from all four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam at Raj Nivas to achieve the goal of 'prosperous Puducherry' through convergence of 'thinking minds to harness the potential of the students of all the colleges'.
A release from Bedi's office said the Secretary to Education, Vice Chancellor of Pondicherry Central University and also Vice Chancellor of Balaji Vidyapeeth were among the academics who participated in the deliberations.

All Principals and Heads of the institutions would be networked through Whatsapp group titled 'Academic Puducherry team' with Secretary to Education as the Administrator of the group, the release said.
The meeting also identified the International Yoga Day on June 21 and International Youth Day on August 12 as occasions to associate participation of studentsso that the spirit of nation building could be imbibed in them.
The release said International Yoga Day would be dedicated to the students and would be celebrated all over the Union Territory as 'Puducherry Students Beach Yoga.'

A record number of students would turn up at the celebrations on the 'beach promenade' here, it said.

The release said the International Youth Day on August 12 would focus on environmental education to achieve sustainable development.
Planting of saplings would be special feature of the celebration.
A collegiate education policy would be formulated by a core committee, comprising principals of eight colleges in the Union Territory for holistic skill development of students,the release added.