New Delhi: The New Education Policy 2019 draft has encouraged that Sanskrit must be provided at all ranges of college and higher schooling as one of the elective languages on par with all Schedule Eight languages. The Committee has encouraged an easy widespread to teach ‘Sanskrit thru Sanskrit’ (STS) and make the works of Kalidasa and Bhasa extensively available.
The NEP Committee headed by ISRO leader K Kasturirangan has encouraged inside the draft NEP, “Sanskrit can be presented at all ranges of college and higher schooling as one of the optional languages on par with all Schedule eight languages. Sanskrit textbooks at the Foundational and Middle college degree may be rewritten in Simple Standard Sanskrit (SSS), so one can educate Sanskrit via Sanskrit (STS) and make it observe truly fun.”
According to the committee of professionals, Sanskrit (and Prakrit) has played a remarkable position in the Indian way of life of the hunt for know-how, along with the take a look at the sixty-four Kalas or liberal arts, and for this reason, has encouraged the observe of Sanskrit and information of its massive literature.
The draft examines: “Considering the unique significance of Sanskrit to the growth and improvement of Indian languages, and its particular contribution to understanding improvement in and the cultural team spirit of u. S. A . centers for the examination of Sanskrit and its scientific nature, and such samplings of numerous ancient and medieval writings in Sanskrit from various sets of authors, just like the plays of Kalidasa and Bhasa, might be made broadly available in colleges and better academic establishments.”
It has emphasized: “Where relevant, records-changing Sanskrit writings may be integrated suitably in numerous school subjects in addition to in literature and writing classes like Bhaskara’s poems on arithmetic and puzzles that help to make the study of arithmetic greater engaging, the incorporation of applicable Panchatantra stories in ethics lessons, etc.”
Make guides on all classical languages of India available:
In addition to Sanskrit, the coaching of different classical languages and literature of India, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Pali, Persian, and Prakrit, has also been advocated to ensure that these languages and literature live alive and colorful, especially in states wherein they will be excellently taught and nurtured.
“Classical writings in these and different languages throughout India from numerous units of authors may also be studied and suitably integrated into the course of the curriculum and in literature and writing training to inspire students with the rich lengthy-standing traditions and writings of India.”
For example, Sangam poetry in classical Tamil, the Jataka testimonies in Pali, the works of Sarala Dasa in classical Odia, excerpts from Raghavanka’s epic Harishchandra Kavya in Kannada, Amir Khusro’s works in Persian, Kabir’s poems in Hindi.
Training classical languages aims to enrich children and maintain these rich languages and their creative treasures. All students in all schools, public or personal, will take at least two years of India’s classical language in Grades 6-eight, with the choice to preserve via secondary training and university.
The Committee has endorsed making such courses in classical languages more fun and applicable.
The scholars who may additionally choose Sanskrit as one of their selected languages in the 3-language method “may additionally instead take a further current or classical Indian language or literature class for two years in place of the classical language requirement,” said the draft explaining, “as an example, college students in the Hindi-speak me States who are taking Hindi, Sanskrit, and English as their three languages should take two years of a language from another part of India like Tamil so one can satisfy this language requirement.”