Re: 'dyeus' chronology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@...> wrote:

> 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

This is actually the main page of the Department of School Education
and Literacy dealing with secondary education; that department and
the Department of Higher Education are the two departments of the
Ministry of Human Resource Development, which has replaced the
Ministry of Education. (All of this information is from that site.)

> 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".

Shivraj is being less than honest. This refers specifically and
only to the Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools). These were
established primarily to 'provide uninterrupted education to the
wards of transferable Central Government employees'; the first
point in their four-part mission statement is 'to cater to the
educational needs of children of transferable Central Government
employees including Defence and Para-military personnel by
providing a common programme of education'.

Brian