Yoga has been an integral part of Health and Physical Education that has been a compulsory subject in MS Polytechnic.
Both yoga and physical education contribute to not merely the physical development of the student but have a positive impact on psychosocial and mental development as well. Playing group games have a positive impact on individual self esteem, promotes better interaction among children, imparts values of co-operation, sharing and to deal with both victory and defeat. Similarly yoga practice contributes to the overall development of the child and various studies have shown that it contributes to flexibility and muscular fitness and also corrects postural defects among school children