From: shivkhokra
Message: 67247
Date: 2011-03-18
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "bmscotttg" <bm.brian@> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@> wrote:
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> > > http://www.education.nic.in/secedu.asp
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> > > Some excerpts on what Govt of India says on the curricula:
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> > > "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".
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> > 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'.
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> What Shivraj had written, and which raised my objection, is "everyone in India does [Sanskrit] at least upto class 8th." And now he repeats this statement: "Teaching of Sanskrit has been made compulsory by
> the govt of India."
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> This is, of course, false.
No. I will write it in capital for you what the Govt of India says on its web site:
"Teaching of three languages - English, Hindi & Sanskrit from Class VI to VIII is compulsory" for the schools the Govt of India operates. Hence it is an official policy of GOI.
>Can you figure out all those tens of millions of Tamil, or Oriya, or "tribal" (Tibeto-Burman, Munda, Dravidian, etc.) speakers, who are just children from 10 to 13 years old, being forced to learn Sanskrit at school against their or their parents' will?
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This is how a democracy works in case you did not now. Position of the Govt of India Ministry of HRD is clear on Sanskrit as stated above. Now let us come to Oriya kids:
THE ORISSA CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION ACT, 1988
Regulations for Prathama Certificate Exam. 2003 & Onwards
"6. The Prathama Certificate Examination shall be open to the following categories of candidates. The candidates who have satisfactorily prosecuted a regular course of study in 1st year and 2nd year of Prathama Classes (Class-VI & VII) in one or more vidyalayas recognised by the sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Puri or Director of Secondary Education, Orissa / or Board of Secondary Education, Orissa as the case may be and who have been duly selected for the examination by the Head of the Institution last attended. The candidates who have failed previously at the examination are not eligible to appear at this examination. In otherwords they have to read in Prathama (Class - VII) again. "
So yes Orissa board of education teaches kids sanskrit too and just like central schools run by the govt of India it has a board examination in class eighth.
You are welcome to visit India and see what is going on. Merely cutting and pasting info from outdated websites does not let one see the full picture.
Hope this helps.
-Shivraj