After central universities, all Kendriya Vidyalayas to hoist the Tricolour daily

ALLAHABAD: The Centre has made it mandatory for the 1,100-plus Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country to fly the Tricolour on their premises. The move comes a week after HRD minister Smriti Irani's suggestion that the national flag fly at a prominent place on the campuses of central universities was passed by vice-chancellors as a resolution.

In a letter dated February 24, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), which comes under the HRD ministry, asked all the schools to make arrangements for hoisting the Tricolour daily, and lowering it before sunset. "The flag should be positioned at a prominent point of the school so that all students shall be able to salute it every day," says the letter, which has been signed by KVS additional commissioner (academics) U N Khaware.

KVS has also asked the principals to ensure that there is strict compliance of the Flag Code of India, 2002, and Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. Schools will have to comply with the instructions immediately, said D T S Rao, deputy commissioner of the KVS regional office at Varanasi. He added that the sight of a rippling flag would remind students of the difficulties faced by freedom fighters.