Cuttack: Odisha’s State song ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ has been included to the curriculum of Class IX and X students, the Board of Secondrary Education (BSE) announced in a letter on June 23.
Written by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra in 1912, ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ song had been accorded with the State song status in Odisha on June 7, 2020.
In a notification issued today BSE said that the poem ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ will be included in the First Language Odia (FLO) Syllabus for both class IX and X.
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The reduced syllabus for class IX and X of High School Certificate, 2nd year and 3rd year of Madhyama and 10th standard of the State Open School Certificate course adopted for the academic session 2020-21 will continue for the academic session 2021-22, the BSE notification also reads.
The syllabus for Class 9 and 10 is available in the Board of Secondary Education website www.bseodisha.ac.in
Ms Kalinga