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NCR schools rehearse full six-stanza Vande Mataram
Times of India··14 Aug
NCR schools have spent weeks teaching all six stanzas of Vande Mataram before Independence Day. The first two stanzas of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's song are widely known, while the rest use Sanskrit verse few staff can pronounce. Some schools borrowed Bengali teachers, circulated recordings, projected lyrics, or used YouTube. The full rendition is set at about 3 minutes 10 seconds.
Prism
What It Means For You
- If your child's school sings both the national song and anthem on 15 August, rules say Vande Mataram comes first and the full version lasts about 3 minutes 10 seconds.
- Parents in Noida, Delhi and Gurgaon can note schools are using Bengali teachers, screen lyrics, choir practice and YouTube because later stanzas are unfamiliar.
- Teachers without a music specialist can see government schools reporting that staff first learn the song online, then teach it.
What's Happening
- In the weeks before Independence Day 2026, NCR schools rehearsed all six stanzas of Vande Mataram after the Centre made the full rendition mandatory.
- Principals said students knew the opening stanza, while pronunciation of later Sanskrit and Bengali lines required extra recordings and borrowed teachers.
- Chaitanya School in Noida said it had rehearsed the full song for two months across music periods and assemblies.
What The January Order Asked Schools To Do
- A 28 January 2026 Home Ministry order listed events and places, including morning assemblies, where the six-stanza version is to be played or sung.
- The two-stanza version had been the form adopted as the national song in 1950; the new instruction adds the remaining four stanzas.
- Aditi Basu Roy of Grads International said most of the song uses Tatsama and Tatbhava words that are hard for students to pronounce without explanation.
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