<div dir="ltr"><span style="" class=""><h1>Language a barrier no more, Sanskrit & German both to gain</h1></span><span style="margin-top:5px;display:block" class=""><span style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle">TNN
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NEW DELHI: The Sanskrit-German imbroglio is all set to be resolved as
India and Germany signed a joint declaration of intent regarding
teaching of German as a foreign language in Kendriya Vidyalayas and
promotion of four Indian languages - Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil and
Malayalam - in Germany. <br><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Language-a-barrier-no-more-Sanskrit-German-both-to-gain/articleshow/49235679.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Language-a-barrier-no-more-Sanskrit-German-both-to-gain/articleshow/49235679.cms</a><br> Highly placed sources said a Memorandum
of Understanding will be signed between HRD ministry and Goethe
Institut where the details will be worked out. "MoU will be signed in
the next few months. The two sides are discussing it now," a HRD source
said. HRD officials said, "German can be taught as an additional foreign
language in KVs as per India's national education policy. It will mean
that German cannot be third language but can be taken as an additional
subject. Third language has to be any Indian language in Schedule VIII
of the Constitution." Officials said instead of emphasizing only on
Sanskrit, Germany has agreed to teach four Indian languages on optional
basis. "This is the perfect way forward," one source said. <br><br> HRD
officials say the declaration of intent has been arrived after months of
negotiations between the two sides. "There is no acrimony now," one
official said. Last year, India had refused to renew MoU between
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Goethe Institute as it was discovered
that German was being taught as a third language instead of Sanskrit.
Many Sanskrit teachers of KVs were even sent to Germany for training in
German. HRD had claimed that MoU was signed during UPA's tenure without
concurrence of the ministry and was violative of national education
policy as well as three language formula. Later it was decided to
renegotiate the MoU and various options were discussed. One option was
to teach German in class XI and XII. Later, however, it was decided to
widen the ambit and instead of turning it into German vs Sanskrit, more
Indian languages were offered for teaching.<br><br><br><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Language-a-barrier-no-more-Sanskrit-German-both-to-gain/articleshow/49235679.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Language-a-barrier-no-more-Sanskrit-German-both-to-gain/articleshow/49235679.cms</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="float:left" name="advenueINTEXT" id="advenueINTEXT"></span><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>
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