KOCHI: With an aim to revive Sanskrit language, once considered the mother of all languages in India, the government has decided to introduce Sanskrit as a second language from class I from the next academic year, in all state syllabus schools.
"We have decided to introduce Sanskrit as the second language from the primary section. At present, Sanskrit is taught only from class V. This would also create more posts for Sanskrit teachers in schools," said director of public instruction (DPI) A Shahjahan.
At present, Sanskrit is taught in 2,975 government, aided and private state syllabus schools in the state from class V. There are only around 2,47,764 students studying Sanskrit, as compared to the 9,82,103 students studying Arabic which is taught to students from class I. "We have enough Sanskrit teachers but there are very few students who opt for Sanskrit in schools," Kerala Private Secondary School Headmasters Association secretary, PJ Jose said. There are at present 2,920 teachers teaching Sanskrit in these schools.
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