Ahmedabad: School children in the home stated of PM Modi Gujarat will shout “Jai Hind” and “Jai Bharat” in the place of routine “Present” during the everyday roll call to register attendance from January 1, 2019.

Directorate of Primary Education and Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) issued a notification to students of Classes 1 to 12 in government. Not only this grant-in-aid and self-financed schools will have to act in response to the attendance call with "Jai Hind" or "Jai Bharat," starting January 1. According to notification all teachers and education officers have been directed to make sure that the new  order will be  followed in every school across the state.

The decision was taken by Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama during a review conference which took place on Monday.

Worth mention here the new directive has been introduced to "foster patriotism among students right from childhood.”

Copies of the notification were sent to the district education officials with instructions to put into practice it from January 1.

The Gujarat Education Minister could not be contacted for remark in spite of repeated attempts, as  new agency PTI reported.