<div dir="ltr"><div class=""><h1>In Row Over Studying German, Parents Go to Court</h1></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/list/india/">All India</a> | Reported by <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/topic/sunetra-choudhury-and-a-vaidyanathan">Sunetra Choudhury and A Vaidyanathan</a>, Edited by <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/topic/sanchari-bhattacharya">Sanchari Bhattacharya</a>  | Updated: November 21, 2014 18:28 IST</div><div class=""><div id="googlead" class=""><div style="display:block" id="google_ads_bar"><div id="gta" class=""><div class=""><a target="_blank" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);text-decoration:none" href="https://www.google.com/url?ct=abg&q=https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py%3Fcontact%3Dabg_afc%26url%3Dhttp://www.ndtv.com/article/india/in-row-over-studying-german-parents-go-to-court-624082%26gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dca-pub-7641565019577886%26ai0%3DCbHkVdnpzVLC0DJa9fPOKgYgD5rmftgb-uaKN6AGX3qK9wAEQASDsm4kGYMn-6Iq0pOQPoAG6pITNA8gBAakC6mSwUkRcUT6oAwGqBL0BT9AlPbqGudkCCXk2NTR14KxfvGhTcYCADdlo-9BJ5qmEj6E0iFEODhFGuSFAeYyzBkL6k-iOgiV7PWnodzyDscvPBbKzzRLJH-rvS6LFPC9KuEVbGo2kbomzBtoBGmJk1edU-rRdyabgkvn8-6QT4_xovWfkV2nNKG08IzGxX-RURiX5FDHvnzmWdiR4qa4a6jclu1kqTU6LN47zpEUxHymHJXTWBai_nHrn79oVgf6b5yWXLnmpXUxo2-XdiAYBgAeu2_sy&usg=AFQjCNEbmoRSkViLuiXNdK1yxGFvWxabDA">Ads by Google</a></div><div class="" style="padding-left:5px"><p class=""><a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=CbHkVdnpzVLC0DJa9fPOKgYgD5rmftgb-uaKN6AGX3qK9wAEQASDsm4kGYMn-6Iq0pOQPoAG6pITNA8gBAakC6mSwUkRcUT6oAwGqBL0BT9AlPbqGudkCCXk2NTR14KxfvGhTcYCADdlo-9BJ5qmEj6E0iFEODhFGuSFAeYyzBkL6k-iOgiV7PWnodzyDscvPBbKzzRLJH-rvS6LFPC9KuEVbGo2kbomzBtoBGmJk1edU-rRdyabgkvn8-6QT4_xovWfkV2nNKG08IzGxX-RURiX5FDHvnzmWdiR4qa4a6jclu1kqTU6LN47zpEUxHymHJXTWBai_nHrn79oVgf6b5yWXLnmpXUxo2-XdiAYBgAeu2_sy&num=1&cid=5Gjl9S6bzcjj4Kb-HeoN5cDB&sig=AOD64_3COcT3tIW_rouG8poL8P3dj3zREg&client=ca-pub-7641565019577886&adurl=http://www.koovs.com/gosf"></a><span class=""><br></span></p><p class=""><br></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><img title="In Row Over Studying German, Parents Go to Court" alt="In Row Over Studying German, Parents Go to Court" id="story_image_main" src="http://www.ndtv.com/news/images/story_page/Kendriya_vidyalaya_650.jpg"><p class="">In Kendiya Vidyalayas, German is set to be replaced with Sanskrit as the third language.</p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" id="top_share"><div style="display:block" id="story_share_bar" class=""><br><ul><li><span class="" style="line-height:1;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;text-align:center"><span style="padding:0px!important;margin:0px!important;text-indent:0px!important;display:inline-block!important;vertical-align:baseline!important;font-size:1px!important"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1416854109453_0"><a id="li_ui_li_gen_1416854109453_0-link"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1416854109453_0-logo">n</span><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1416854109453_0-title"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1416854109453_0-mark"></span><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1416854109453_0-title-text">Shar</span></span></a></span></span></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><b class=""><a class="" href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/list/cities/1/delhi">New Delhi</a>: </b>
                The government has been given a week by the Supreme 
Court to explain its decision to bar students from studying German as a 
third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas or central schools across the 
country.<br> <br>The Supreme Court's action is based on a petition by 20 parents of affected students<br><br>Kendriya
 Vidyalayas - there are nearly 1,000 of them - are set up for the 
education of the children of national government employees. Because 
these government officers work in transferable jobs, the syllabus is 
uniform across the country to ensure that children are not at a 
disadvantage when they move to a new city. <br> <br>Earlier this month, 
Education Minister Smriti Irani said that German will be replaced with 
Sanskrit as the third language that students of Class 6-8 have to study.
 Nearly 70,000 students are affected by the government order. The 
academic year ends in March, and many were facing the prospect of their 
first test by next week.<br> <br><div id="relateddivcontainer" class="" style><div class=""><h2>Related</h2></div><div class=""><div class=""><ul><li><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/smriti-irani-turns-down-demands-to-make-sanskrit-compulsory-624718?ndtv_related">Smriti Irani Turns Down Demands to Make Sanskrit Compulsory</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/german-out-sanskrit-in-nearly-70-000-students-have-a-week-to-get-ready-for-exams-622171?ndtv_related">German Out, Sanskrit In: Nearly 70,000 Students Have a Week to Get Ready For Exams</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/kendriya-vidyalayas-drop-german-for-sanskrit-german-chancellor-to-raise-issue-with-pm-modi-say-sourc-621455?ndtv_related">Kendriya Vidyalayas Drop German For Sanskrit: German Chancellor to Raise Issue With PM Modi, Say Sources</a></li></ul></div></div><img alt="" class="" src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/related_shadow.png" height="14" width="41"></div>Ms
 Irani says that the national education policy dictates that apart from 
Hindi and English, students at Kendiya Vidyalayas are required to study a
 third language, but a foreign language like German cannot fulfill that 
requirement. Sanskrit is said to be a popular option in northern states,
 but Ms Irani has said that other Indian languages like Tamil are 
acceptable and will be taught "if even one student wants".<br> <br>In 
2011, an agreement was signed between Kendriya Vidyalayas and Max 
Mueller Bhavans or Goetha Institutes, which are  tasked by the German 
government to propagate the country's culture abroad. Ms Irani says that
 contract, which led to the introduction of German at central schools, 
was incorrectly signed in the first place and could not be renewed in 
September this year. <br> <br>Last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
 flagged the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of
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