<div dir="ltr"><h1>Make Sanskrit or any classical language mandatory in schools, says RSS</h1><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> 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.</p><p>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.</p>
<img src="http://img01.ibnlive.in/ibnlive/uploads/666x444/jpg/2015/05/rss-afp2.jpg" alt="">
<div class="">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.</div>
<div class="">
<a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/newstopics/bharti-shikshan-mandal.html">#Bharti Shikshan Mandal</a> <a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/newstopics/rss.html">#rss</a> <a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/newstopics/sanskrit.html">#sanskrit</a>
</div><p>The Sangh body, which is working in the field of education, has sought feedback from the public on its draft.</p><p>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.</p><p>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."</p><p>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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>While
interacting with reporters in New Delhi, the outfit's Joint Organising
Secretary Mukul Kanitkar said students often are quick to learn
languages of commercial use.</p><p>"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".</p><p><a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/make-sanskrit-or-any-classical-language-mandatory-in-schools-says-rss-1017787.html">http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/make-sanskrit-or-any-classical-language-mandatory-in-schools-says-rss-1017787.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/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
</div>