Re: 'dyeus' chronology

I am afraid Dr Brighenti is showing once more that he has *no idea* about India and things related to India. Teaching of Sanskrit has been made compulsory by the govt of India.

The central government in India has a dedicated ministry of education which is responsible for producing books under NCERT and setting curruicula for *all* central govt schools in India.

Here is their web site:
http://www.education.nic.in/secedu.asp

Some excerpts on what Govt of India says on the curricula:

"Teaching of three languages - English, Hindi & Sanskrit from Class VI to VIII is compulsory. In Classes IX and X, any two languages out of English, Hindi and Sanskrit can be offered. Sanskrit can also be taken as an elective subject at +2 stage".

What this implies is that it is the policy of the Govt of India to make sure Sanskrit is taught *compulsorily* from grades 5 to 8 (in 8th grade their is a board exam) and this policy is present in *all* states and union territories of India.

Sure there are private schools and state run schools that can and will determine what curricula they want to follow but I was talking about the Indian Governments policy.

Hope this helps.

-Shivraj

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@> wrote:
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> > No Rick I am not a Brahmin though I did learn Sanskrit (which
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> This is another lie. Not "everyone in India" at all!
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit
> "The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) of India has made Sanskrit a third language (though it is an option for the school to adopt it or not, the other choice being the state's own official language) in the schools it governs. In such schools, learning Sanskrit is an option for grades 5 to 8 (Classes V to VIII). This is true of most schools affiliated to the ICSE board too, especially in those states where the official language is Hindi."
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> http://india.mit.edu/~varun_ag/readinggroup/images/9/9c/Secondary_Education.pdf
> "Most of the Hindi-speaking states, and even central school organizations, have made provisions for teaching Sanskrit as a third language. In fact, to accommodate the study of Sanskrit along with other languages, some states have even made provisions for the teaching of a fourth language. (In Uttar Pradesh, Sanskrit is compulsory and taught as part of Hindi.)"
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