<div dir="ltr"><h1>Kanimozhi questions language policy</h1>
<div class="">New Delhi, Dec 10, 2014, DHNS:</div>
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<p><strong> Do schools in north India teach any south
Indian language as students in southern parts of the country are forced
to learn Hindi and Sanskrit?</strong><br><br>This question was posed by
DMK MP Kanimozhi in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday when she raised the
issue of the Centre imposing Sanskrit as third language instead of
German in Kendriya Vidyalayas.<br><br>She said the recent decision to
replace German with Sanskrit is a "clear attempt" to impose a language
on the country, which reveals a "shocking insensitivity" towards around
70,000 affected students.<br><br>She also contested the government stand
that no exam would be conducted in Sanskrit subject this year and
students could continue to learn German as an additional language.<br><br>“Many
schools, which have accepted this move, are forcing students to learn
Sanskrit and, in a way, taking away the right of these students to learn
their mother tongue because another language is being enforced on them”
she said.</p><p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/446955/kanimozhi-questions-language-policy.html">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/446955/kanimozhi-questions-language-policy.html</a><br></p><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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