'Make Sanskrit or any classical language mandatory in schools'

[Hindustani78]

'Make Sanskrit or any classical language mandatory in schools' | Zee News
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 23:42


New Delhi: An RSS-affiliated body has suggested changes in education policy to make studying Sanskrit or other classical languages like Arabic, Persian, Latin or Greek mandatory in schools for at least four years.


In a draft suggesting policy changes in education sector, 'Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal' has proposed a language policy as per which during first eight years of general education, mother tongue will be the first language while Hindi, Sanskrit, other national languages or English can be chosen as a second language.

The Sangh body, which is working in the field of education, has sought feedback from the public on its draft.

As per the document titled 'Bhartiya Education Outline', if a student doesn't want to learn English or any other language, he should be allowed to do so.

However, in the next four years of education, as envisaged in the Bharti Shikshan Mandal's draft, "a student will be provided with a choice to complete his studies without learning English or Hindi, but it will be mandatory for him to learn Sanskrit or any other classical language."

Stating that this was essential from the socio-cultural perspective, the draft added that a student who does not wish to learn Sanskrit, may opt for Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, or any other language.

"Hindi is not mandatory under this policy, however there are two languages, mother tongue and Sanskrit or a classical language, which will be mandatory for the student. The perspective behind this decision is that if everyone accepts Hindi to be the language of communication, no one will leave it out. The subject that are neglected by students because they do not aid in employment, should be made compulsory," the draft document said.

While interacting with reporters here, the outfit's Joint Organising Secretary Mukul Kanitkar said students often are quick to learn languages of commercial use.

"The policy is based on the belief that a treasure trove of knowledge and values is present in our classical languages and it is very crucial for a healthy social life," the draft says, adding it aims at strengthening the "emotional integration in our national life".

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[Hindustani78]

‘Third eye’ to keep Sanskrit varsity safe - The Hindu
Updated: July 14, 2015 08:03 IST

A ‘third eye’ will soon track nefarious elements and check untoward incidents on the main campus of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) in Kalady here.

The Rs. 1 crore worth project aims at setting up over 55 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on key locations including the administrative and academic blocks in the first phase.

The campus surveillance initiative has also found place among the key proposals being submitted before the Union government’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) Mission Authority for assessment and final approval. SSUS is among the four varsities in the State, which had received the approval for infrastructure grant from the Project Approval Board of the RUSA this fiscal.

“The CCTVs will be installed as part of enhancing safety and security measures on the campus. We also hope that it will help in checking untoward incidents besides keeping track of miscreants, if any, who enter the campus and create problems,” said Dr. T. P. Ravindran, Registrar.

The project proposal stated that 15 CCTVs will be placed indoors at the administration block while another seven will be installed outside. Nearly twenty six indoor cameras will be set up at the academic block while the outdoors will have seven CCTVs. Seven cameras will come up near the main gate to track the movement at the security-wise sensitive region.

Senior officials close to the development pointed out that recording of the activities will be done on hard disks through a dedicated LAN system.

The areas will be monitored and recorded using high resolution cameras, with night vision facilities.

A control room facility will come up on the main campus to view the recorded visuals. It could be archived and viewed on the LED HD television.

“The visuals could be useful as evidence for various inquiries. The proposed design is made in such a way that the entire CCTV network will be isolated from the existing campus network,” said Dr. Ravindran.

 

[uparyupari]

All Indians should learn Sanskrit irrespective of Age or Faith.

Not only will it give you a deeper understanding of all Indian languages, it will also give you a deeper understanding of our ancient culture, society and values.

There are only positives from learning Sanskrit, no negatives.

 

[mooppan]

Not only will it give you a deeper understanding of all Indian languages,

so you mean its easy to learn/understand ALL Indian languages with a basis knowledge in Sanskrit?,if so translate the below para.
ninga yelliyo gelcha geedana?hodambu hollengei hadadeya?ninga eii atti ? nimma maneyvakka ellava arachu,soga va idaara?..nimga Siri,anava kodali embhu somiga vendine..eana nanna bashey aribileyoo?

 

[Guynextdoor2]

All Indians should learn Sanskrit irrespective of Age or Faith.

Not only will it give you a deeper understanding of all Indian languages, it will also give you a deeper understanding of our ancient culture, society and values.

There are only positives from learning Sanskrit, no negatives.

I'm sure the practical benefits of learning Sanskrit are superb. I learnt Sanskrit for 4 years in school---not once have I had to use it after that. Instead of wasting time on RSS ideology fuelled nonsense, we shold promote vocational and practical stuff-- people need jobs now, not egos.

 

[nForce]

I don't think it go down well if you make Tamil mandatory in Delhi.

 

[Styx]

New Delhi: An RSS-affiliated body has suggested changes in education policy to make studying Sanskrit or other classical languages like Arabic, Persian, Latin or Greek mandatory in schools for at least four years.

 

[Skull and Bones]

I had a hard time getting passing marks in Bengali and Hindi, may God almighty bless the child, who dares to take Sanskrit in school and qualify without shaming his parents in his report card.

 

[Josef K]

Sir Humphrey Appleby approves (although he would prefer Latin to Sanskrit).

I'd say, introduce Classical studies, in the Indian context. The Indian philosophies such as Samkhya, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa, Yoga and Vedanta should be taught to students. Also, Logic(in comparison to Nyaya) and Rhetoric should be taught too.

 

[SamantK]

I had a hard time getting passing marks in Bengali and Hindi, may God almighty bless the child, who dares to take Sanskrit in school and qualify without shaming his parents in his report card.

Actally in CBSE Sanskrit was taken up by students to score high marks. 96/100 was a common result in Sanskrit.

 

[punit]

I had a hard time getting passing marks in Bengali and Hindi, may God almighty bless the child, who dares to take Sanskrit in school and qualify without shaming his parents in his report card.

my friend Sanskrit is among the most marks gaining subject. my humble self used to get constant 90+ plus in snaskrit till class8 without breaking sweat.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Actally in CBSE Sanskrit was taken up by students to score high marks. 96/100 was a common result in Sanskrit.

my friend Sanskrit is among the most marks gaining subject. my humble self used to get constant 90+ plus in snaskrit till class8 without breaking sweat.

I admit I made many wrong decisions in life. Thanks for pointing out another one, even after 10 years, the report card still haunts me.

 

[SamantK]

I admit I made many wrong decisions in life. Thanks for pointing out another one, even after 10 years, the report card still haunts me.

Hindi was a killer, always killed me
Hindi subject is like a black spot on my marks sheet. My mom being a B.Ed in Hindi still frowns at me about that black spot

 

[Josef K]

Actally in CBSE Sanskrit was taken up by students to score high marks. 96/100 was a common result in Sanskrit.

my friend Sanskrit is among the most marks gaining subject. my humble self used to get constant 90+ plus in snaskrit till class8 without breaking sweat.

I admit I made many wrong decisions in life. Thanks for pointing out another one, even after 10 years, the report card still haunts me.

My SSLC scorecard here: Math - 98; Science -98; Social Sciences - 95; English - 95; Tamil - 85.

I effed up on the one subject that should have come naturally to me. And my grandpa was a Tamil scholar of some repute. I can still remember the look on my mother's face when she saw my score in Tamil. School mates who took up French/Sanskrit all scored above 98.

 

[SRP]

If you want why don't you make mandatory Classical Languages of India in schools ? Why Arabic, Persians, Latin or Greek ?

Below are the classical languages of India,

Tamil (since 2004)
Sanskrit (since 2005)
Telugu (since 2008)
Kannada (Since 2008)
Malayalam (since 2013)
Odia (since 2014)