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New Delhi: The plan to introduce Sanskrit and other classical Indian languages as a subject in schools a key recommendation of the Modi governments National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has received pushback from Nagaland and Mizoram, governed by NDA constituents Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and Mizo National Front (MNF), respectively...
The NEP, which was introduced in 2020, states that Sanskrit will be offered at all levels of school and higher education as an important, enriching option for students, including as an option in the three-language formula, which will require students to learn three languages, of which at least two would be native to India...
Nagaland has pointed out that the state is already facing trouble coping with the teaching and learning of Hindi, and the need to introduce Sanskrit and other classical Indian languages would be a burden on the states students..
The Nagaland expert group on languages has said the introduction of Sanskrit and other Indian classical languages over and above the three-language policy would be too much of a burden on the Naga students as the scripts, phonetics and literature are completely different from the states own languages and literature...
It (Sanskrit) can however be learnt as a specialised subject at higher level depending on the students interest, the group said.. Mizoram said the proposal to introduce Indian classical languages and Sanskrit would be a huge challenge as it comes with major financial implications...
