Yoga courses in Odisha closed down due to very little response

The Center wanted to introduce yoga courses in universities all over India but, due to poor response in Odisha, it is being closed down - the main treason for such reluctance on the part of students is that there are no job opportunities for a postgraduate student in yoga. He, or she, can at best become a yoga teacher. And, even a student who has completed his Plus Two education and undergone a six-month training in yoga can become a trainer. So, why should anyone do a postgraduate course in yoga?
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 24 January 2016.

The Union ministry of human resource development has formed a 12-member committee for prescribing the syllabus of yoga and, on January 2, the ministry had organized a meeting in Bangalore, where various aspects of setting up of departments of yogic art and science in universities had been discussed.
In Odisha, many varsities, which had earlier introduced yoga, have withdrawn it while others are planning to drop it since there are very few takers. Incidentally, yoga is taught as a short module under the National Cadet Corps as an elective subject and, it could be pursued through distance education.

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