"We thought this would instill patriotism among the students and the people. We had requested the villagers, wherever they are, to sing the national anthem along with their children at the school. They agreed, and the practice continues," the school Headmaster Safikul Islam said.
Those who hear the National Anthem through a loudspeaker fitted 100ft away from the school join the chorus, he added.
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"I and two others were passing by the school with crops on our head. At that time we heard the National Anthem. We stopped...and started to sing along. It felt good," said a 50-year-old farmer Maijuddin Biswas.
Narsina Bibi, who cooks mid-day meal in the school, said "When the bell rings for the National Anthem, I stand up and sing it from the kitchen,"