<div dir="ltr"><div class=""><h1>Why Punish Students, Says Supreme Court on Sanksrit Row</h1></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/list/india/">All India</a> | Edited by <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/topic/deepshikha-ghosh">Deepshikha Ghosh</a>  | Updated: November 28, 2014 14:55 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/why-punish-students-says-supreme-court-on-sanksrit-row-627130%26gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dca-pub-7641565019577886%26ai0%3DCcqMbB_V5VPqrGsiDMYLwgPAI8NnpigXA8a21tAHAjbcBEAEg7JuJBmDJ_uiKtKTkD6ABmJzT4wPIAQGoAwGqBLsBT9Chwy0DCken8DL1u5CwrLFLhfZEqpbNOA0DqU1LMmTXeXuceEHz3P8-m9KYqEo1EhSaULaQvpiVNM2eiZRHWYjIwl6bf8GkkLKTx3DqoIIBI5piQJ3UbbGvZHNNiX_kDeHeE5ZLQP3q0pyPEKCwiHtZ20k-72l4Xw5COPesGXjsw0rsrayU89Ixm_eFwdQhTBR4piqTeIDyYPmVWyhHgOcejmSjafURF5H58AvyNq6h0qeU8qnPMNompIAH0OOsHA&usg=AFQjCNEYL9LWXAnDG2mXFzCMZuuG3MzZvA">Ads by Google</a></div><div class="" style="padding-left:5px"><p class=""><a target="_blank" class="" href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=CcqMbB_V5VPqrGsiDMYLwgPAI8NnpigXA8a21tAHAjbcBEAEg7JuJBmDJ_uiKtKTkD6ABmJzT4wPIAQGoAwGqBLsBT9Chwy0DCken8DL1u5CwrLFLhfZEqpbNOA0DqU1LMmTXeXuceEHz3P8-m9KYqEo1EhSaULaQvpiVNM2eiZRHWYjIwl6bf8GkkLKTx3DqoIIBI5piQJ3UbbGvZHNNiX_kDeHeE5ZLQP3q0pyPEKCwiHtZ20k-72l4Xw5COPesGXjsw0rsrayU89Ixm_eFwdQhTBR4piqTeIDyYPmVWyhHgOcejmSjafURF5H58AvyNq6h0qeU8qnPMNompIAH0OOsHA&num=1&sig=AOD64_3uYJZZ7Fl6BAkfhk8Xc5ZwwqmxSw&client=ca-pub-7641565019577886&adurl=http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/mba/landing">UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA</a> – <span class="">Become a Business Leader With 5 High Demand Programs. Apply Now!</span></p><p class=""><a target="_blank" class="" href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=CcqMbB_V5VPqrGsiDMYLwgPAI8NnpigXA8a21tAHAjbcBEAEg7JuJBmDJ_uiKtKTkD6ABmJzT4wPIAQGoAwGqBLsBT9Chwy0DCken8DL1u5CwrLFLhfZEqpbNOA0DqU1LMmTXeXuceEHz3P8-m9KYqEo1EhSaULaQvpiVNM2eiZRHWYjIwl6bf8GkkLKTx3DqoIIBI5piQJ3UbbGvZHNNiX_kDeHeE5ZLQP3q0pyPEKCwiHtZ20k-72l4Xw5COPesGXjsw0rsrayU89Ixm_eFwdQhTBR4piqTeIDyYPmVWyhHgOcejmSjafURF5H58AvyNq6h0qeU8qnPMNompIAH0OOsHA&num=1&sig=AOD64_3uYJZZ7Fl6BAkfhk8Xc5ZwwqmxSw&client=ca-pub-7641565019577886&adurl=http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/mba/landing">www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/MBA</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><img title="Why Punish Students, Says Supreme Court on Sanksrit Row" alt="Why Punish Students, Says Supreme Court on Sanksrit Row" id="story_image_main" src="http://www.ndtv.com/news/Kendriya_vidyalaya_650.jpg"></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" id="top_share"><div style="display:block" id="story_share_bar" class=""><ul><li><br></li><li><div class=""><span style="vertical-align:bottom;width:86px;height:20px"></span></div><br></li><li><br></li><li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/reddit-btn.png" alt="submit to reddit" border="0"></a></li><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_1417278701410_0"><a id="li_ui_li_gen_1417278701410_0-link"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1417278701410_0-logo">in</span><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1417278701410_0-title"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1417278701410_0-mark"></span><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1417278701410_0-title-text">Share</span></span></a></span></span></span></li><li><a target="_blank" title="Add this page to a Flipboard Magazine" class="" style="width:53px!important" href="https://share.flipboard.com/bookmarklet/popout?v=2&title=Why%20Punish%20Students%2C%20Says%20Supreme%20Court%20on%20Sanksrit%20Row&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Fwhy-punish-students-says-supreme-court-on-sanksrit-row-627130&t=1417278700715&utm_campaign=widgets&utm_medium=web&utm_source=flipit&utm_content=www.ndtv.com">Flip</a></li><li><a class=""><img src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/static/images/newmail.png?version1" alt="email" border="0"></a></li><li><a style class=""><img class="" src="http://www.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/printstory.png" border="0"></a></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 Supreme Court today said the Centre should put off 
to the next academic year its decision to introduce Sanskrit as the 
third language in schools. It has asked for a response in one week.<br><br>"It
 is difficult for students mid-session," the court told the Centre, 
which recently dropped German as a third language from nearly 1,000 
Kendriya Vidyalayas or central government schools across the country and
 replaced it with Sanskrit.<br><br>Nearly 70,000 students are affected 
by the government order. The academic year ends in March, which means 
these students would have to be tested in Sanskrit despite not having 
studied it earlier. German, the Centre says, will only be learnt as a 
"hobby".<br><br>The government has said that students will immediately 
be taught and tested on a beginners-level course in Sanskrit, and will 
therefore not be at a disadvantage since they will not be expected to 
demonstrate proficiency in the language.<br><br>A group of 20 parents have taken the government to court.<br><br>Today,
 the court suggested that German can remain a third language and 
Sanskrit can be introduced as an additional one for this session.<br><br>Justice
 Anil Dave, who heads the bench hearing the case, said, "As an 
individual I am for Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the mother language of all our
 languages." But students, the judge said, must not be affected.<br><br>Earlier
 this month, Education Minister Smriti Irani said that German will no 
longer be the third language that must be studied along with English and
 Hindi for students of Class 6-8. <br><br>In 2011, an agreement was 
signed for German to be taught at Kendriya Vidyalayas with Max Mueller 
Bhavans or Goethe Institutes, which are tasked by the German government 
to propagate the country's culture abroad. Ms Irani says that contract 
was illegal as it violates the country's education policy.<br><br><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/why-punish-students-says-supreme-court-on-sanksrit-row-627130">http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/why-punish-students-says-supreme-court-on-sanksrit-row-627130</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.  A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well.  (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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