RSS body asks HRD to remove English as compulsory language, wipe out references that insult Indian culture
8 years, 5 months ago

RSS body asks HRD to remove English as compulsory language, wipe out references that insult Indian culture

India TV News  

With the Ministry of Human Resource Development planning to come up with an all-new Education Policy soon, the RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas has suggested to the ministry to gradually remove English as medium of instruction and emphasise on Indian languages at all levels of education. The RSS-affiliated organisation also recommended that English should no longer be compulsory at any level and stated that references that insulted Indian culture, traditions, sects, thoughts, renowned personalities and offer wrong explanations must be removed from textbooks at all levels. On October 14, an HRD ministry official sent an email to the SSUN which stated that the suggestions have been noted down and will be discussed during the formation of the new education policy. The SSUN has asked the government to “immediately provide facilities to introduce education in Indian languages in English-medium institutions like IIT, IIM and NIT.” It has also demanded legal action against schools that prevent students from speaking in their mother tongue.

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Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah
1 year, 7 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 13, said that he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The aim of this institute, founded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Telangana govt to introduce English medium in govt schools from next academic year
3 years, 2 months ago

Telangana govt to introduce English medium in govt schools from next academic year

India Today  

The Telangana government has taken the decision to introduce the English medium in all of the government schools. During the meeting, the cabinet also gave its nod to the “Mana Vooru Mana Badi” scheme at a cost of Rs 7,289 crore for better infrastructure facilities and quality education in government schools. “The cabinet felt that the parents in rural areas …

No language will be imposed on any student, says Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
4 years, 3 months ago

No language will be imposed on any student, says Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

India TV News  

Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Wednesday set up a task force for preparing a roadmap on imparting technical education in Mother Tongue. The decision was taken by the Minister at a high-level meeting held on Wednesday on imparting technical education in Mother Tongue. Pokhriyal said that the meeting today is a step in the direction towards achieving …

New Education System Aims to Promote Regional Languages Rather Than Impose: Prakash Javadekar
4 years, 8 months ago

New Education System Aims to Promote Regional Languages Rather Than Impose: Prakash Javadekar

ABP News  

New Delhi: After the Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020 on Wednesday which is set to change the face of the education system in India, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar stressed on how it will benefit the students by ensuring lesser dropouts and increase the opportunity for students besides refuting the allegations that it will impose regional …

Sanskrit to be made mandatory second language in Uttarakhand schools
5 years, 6 months ago

Sanskrit to be made mandatory second language in Uttarakhand schools

Op India  

In a bid to revive to the usage of India’s ancient cultural language Sanskrit, the Uttarakhand government has decided to make Sanskrit a mandatory subject for students from class 3-8 across all schools in the state. The Uttarakhand government announced that it will make Sanskrit education compulsory from Class 3 to 8 in both government and private schools of the …

Andhra Pradesh govt to introduce English medium from next academic year, 70k teachers to be trained
5 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh govt to introduce English medium from next academic year, 70k teachers to be trained

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh government will introduce English medium from Class 1 to Class 8 from the next academic year and the necessary training will be imparted to teachers. During a review meeting on education, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said nearly 70,000 teachers would be trained for teaching in English medium in the District Institutes of Education and Training. 'High …

English to be medium of instruction in Andhra government schools
5 years, 6 months ago

English to be medium of instruction in Andhra government schools

India TV News  

All government-run schools in Andhra Pradesh will have English as the medium of instruction from class 1 to 8, Chief Minister Y S. Jagan Mohan Reddy announced on Wednesday. During a review meeting on education, Reddy said vacant posts of teachers will be filled in January every year and the teacher-student ratio would be maintained at all times. The Chief …

National Education Policy will transform the education sector: Ramesh Pokhriyal
5 years, 6 months ago

National Education Policy will transform the education sector: Ramesh Pokhriyal

India Today  

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said the draft of the Centre's National Education Policy has been completed and it will bring a huge transformation in the education sector of the country. Policy draft prepared after taking over 1 lakh people's view Nishank said the policy draft was prepared by educationists after taking into account views of over one lakh …

Vedic maths, traditional Indian philosophy should be included in National Education Policy, says RSS-affiliated group
5 years, 7 months ago

Vedic maths, traditional Indian philosophy should be included in National Education Policy, says RSS-affiliated group

Firstpost  

The group has succeeded in getting what they demanded in the past, and this isn’t the first time SSUN has pushed for Vedic maths in the NEP. This is one of several points of feedback sent to the Ministry of Human Resources about the draft National Education Policy, which will be discussed in an upcoming seminar by the Ministry called …

Draft education policy row: No language will be imposed without consulting any of the states, says EAM S Jaishankar
5 years, 9 months ago

Draft education policy row: No language will be imposed without consulting any of the states, says EAM S Jaishankar

Firstpost  

S Jaishanka’s remakrs on the draft education policy came after the recommendations related to Hindi drew sharp reactions from Tamil Nadu parties like the DMK and Kamal Haasan’s MNM, New Delhi: Following outrage in Tamil Nadu over a draft education policy favouring teaching Hindi in non-Hindi-speaking states, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said state governments will be consulted …

No intention to impose any language: says Centre after uproar over draft Education Policy
5 years, 9 months ago

No intention to impose any language: says Centre after uproar over draft Education Policy

India TV News  

The Central government said on Saturday that it has not taken a decision on the draft education policy and that there was no intention of imposing any language. The Centre's response came amid Tamil Nadu opposition parties' objection to the three-language formula for schools in the state as stated in the draft policy. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said …

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states
5 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states

Firstpost  

The draft of the new National Education Policy, proposed by the panel constituted by Javadekar when he was HRD minister in the previous Modi government, had suggested teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. New Delhi: In the wake of a controversy over the recommendation of an HRD Ministry panel to teach Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, Union minister Prakash …

Reports claiming Hindi to be made compulsory in schools across India are 'mischievous and misleading', tweets Prakash Javadekar
6 years, 2 months ago

Reports claiming Hindi to be made compulsory in schools across India are 'mischievous and misleading', tweets Prakash Javadekar

Firstpost  

Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar has clarified that reports in the media claiming the New Education Policy is going to advocate for Hindi to be made compulsory in schools across India till Class 8 are false. Union minister of human resource development Prakash Javadekar on Thursday took to Twitter to clarify that reports of a policy in the works to …

Nope, says Prakash Javadekar to reports on proposal to make Hindi mandatory in schools
6 years, 2 months ago

Nope, says Prakash Javadekar to reports on proposal to make Hindi mandatory in schools

India Today  

Union minister Prakash Javadekar has rejected reports that a committee tasked with framing a new education policy for the country has recommended making Hindi language compulsory until Class 8. "The Committee on New Education Policy in its draft report has not recommended making any language compulsory," Javadekar said in a tweet. According to reports this morning, the committee's draft on …

Hindi language to be acknowledged with the formulation of new education policy, says HRD minister
6 years, 10 months ago

Hindi language to be acknowledged with the formulation of new education policy, says HRD minister

India Today  

India's state HRD Minister Satya Pal Singh, while addressing the gathering yesterday, announced that the Hindi Language will be given its due importance with the formulation of new education policy. - Satya Pal Singh, State HRD Minister of India Here's how Twitterati reacted to NDTV tweet: No need for Hindi on non-hindi speaking states. 5 May 2018 Enough Hindi Imposition …

Language debate: Encourage Hindi teaching but don't impose it, says HRD advisory panel
7 years, 10 months ago

Language debate: Encourage Hindi teaching but don't impose it, says HRD advisory panel

Firstpost  

States should be encouraged to “voluntarily” include Hindi in the curriculum instead of “compulsorily” teaching the language, the Hindi Advisory Committee of the HRD ministry has recommended. New Delhi: States should be encouraged to “voluntarily” include Hindi in the curriculum instead of “compulsorily” teaching the language, the Hindi Advisory Committee of the HRD ministry has recommended. “In a meeting of …

Assam govt makes Sanskrit compulsory in schools: Amid protests, literary groups threaten statewide agitation
8 years ago

Assam govt makes Sanskrit compulsory in schools: Amid protests, literary groups threaten statewide agitation

Firstpost  

Assam minister Pramila Rani Brahma has come out in support of banned outfit Ulfa chief Paresh Barua’s demand of not making Sanskrit compulsory in schools Assam minister Pramila Rani Brahma has come out in support of banned outfit Ulfa chief Paresh Barua’s demand of not making Sanskrit compulsory in schools, according to Pratidin Time. Assam has seen a series of …

Assam: BJP govt's Sanskrit dictate for schools receive sharp criticism from student bodies, parties
8 years ago

Assam: BJP govt's Sanskrit dictate for schools receive sharp criticism from student bodies, parties

Firstpost  

Assam cabinet’s decision to introduce Sanskrit as a compulsory subject till Class 8 has evoked sharp criticism from students organisations and opposition political parties in the state Guwahati: Assam cabinet’s decision to introduce Sanskrit as a compulsory subject till Class 8 has evoked sharp criticism from students organisations and opposition political parties in the state. “We are not opposed to …

Panel recommends compulsory English education in schools, reintroduction of detention policy
8 years, 2 months ago

Panel recommends compulsory English education in schools, reintroduction of detention policy

India TV News  

An education panel, formed of Secretaries on education, has recommended that English should be made “a compulsory subject in all schools from class 6th onwards” and there should be at least one government-run English-medium school in each of the 6,612 blocks in the country. The Group on Education & Social Development has recommended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “at …

Replace English with Hindi as medium of instruction in education: SSUN
8 years, 5 months ago

Replace English with Hindi as medium of instruction in education: SSUN

Live Mint  

New Delhi: An RSS-affiliated body on Friday suggested the HRD ministry to replace English with Hindi as medium of instruction from elementary to higher levels in schools and foreign languages should not be offered as an alternative to any Indian language. Among other suggestions, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas also said prestigious institutions like IITs, IIMs and NITs should make arrangements …

RSS and its affiliates should not influence the education policy
8 years, 5 months ago

RSS and its affiliates should not influence the education policy

Hindustan Times  

Getting the education system to conform to its ideology has been a goal of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for much of its existence. So it comes as no surprise that with the ministry of human resource development all set to formulate the new education policy, the RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas is trying to influence its content. Knowledge of English …

RSS demands removal of English as medium of instruction, ahead of new education policy formulation
8 years, 5 months ago

RSS demands removal of English as medium of instruction, ahead of new education policy formulation

Firstpost  

The RSS education wing, on Friday, demanded that the use of English language as the medium of instruction should be eliminated and emphasis, instead should be on the mother tongue, from the HRD ministry, ahead of the constitution of the new education policy, according to a report by The Indian Express. The RSS education wing, on Friday, demanded that the …

English or mother tongue in schools? A difficult question for PM Modi under RSS pressure
8 years, 6 months ago

English or mother tongue in schools? A difficult question for PM Modi under RSS pressure

Firstpost  

In Gujarat, the RSS has blocked teaching of English in government schools till Class V, by when it is too late. And they also were worried about taking a course where the engineering terms would be newly coined Hindi words replacing basic English engineering terms they were already familiar with. English took root 250 years ago, Hindi will require a …

Education policy has RSS imprint
8 years, 9 months ago

Education policy has RSS imprint

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Modi government’s proposed new education policy has accommodated all the major suggestions made by Rashtriya Swayamasewak Sangh and its affiliates. The TSR Subramanian committee, entrusted with preparing a draft for new education policy for India, has accepted Sangh Parivar members’ suggestions on several key issues like introduction of value-based education, giving preference for teaching in mother tongue, …

ABVP recommends HRD to include Sanskrit in education policy of India
8 years, 11 months ago

ABVP recommends HRD to include Sanskrit in education policy of India

India Today  

In order to give importance to our very own mother languages, Hindi and Sanskrit, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has recently put forward a few recommendations to the Human Resource Development ministry to include these languages in the education policy of India. in higher education by including ayurveda, Sanskrit, spirituality, and yoga Also, to attract students from abroad to take …

Sanskrit will be promoted in schools, but won't be mandatory to study: Recommendations made by panel
9 years, 1 month ago

Sanskrit will be promoted in schools, but won't be mandatory to study: Recommendations made by panel

India Today  

From quite sometime, concerned panels are discussing the ways in which Sanskrit can be promoted in schools. Earlier, the University Grants Commission had also asked the universities to provide suggestions regarding the spread and development of Sanskrit language from the school-level till the higher education level. In order to make sure that the younger generation do not remain ignorant about …

Decisions to make Sanskrit compulsory taken by UPA: HRD Ministry
10 years, 3 months ago

Decisions to make Sanskrit compulsory taken by UPA: HRD Ministry

India TV News  

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry today said the decisions to ask those central universities to explore the possibilities of opening of Sanskrit department where it doesn't exist and to ask CBSE to make the language compulsory upto class X were taken during the previous UPA government's tenure. Officials of the Ministry referred to the circulars issued shortly after a national …

Smriti says Sanskrit will be optional, but KV schools have nothing else to offer
10 years, 4 months ago

Smriti says Sanskrit will be optional, but KV schools have nothing else to offer

Firstpost  

HRD minister Smriti Irani has denied all allegations that education was being saffronised after her recent decision to remove German and replace it with Sanskrit. HRD minister Smriti Irani has denied all allegations that education was being saffronised after her recent decision to remove German and replace it with Sanskrit as the third language for students studying in Kendriya Vidyalayas. …

Smriti turns down plea to make Sanskrit compulsory
10 years, 4 months ago

Smriti turns down plea to make Sanskrit compulsory

The Hindu  

Taking on her critics, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday dismissed charges that education was being saffronised even as she turned down demands to make Sanskrit compulsory in the curriculum. Answering questions on the controversial decision to replace German with Sanskrit as the third language in some 500 Centrally-run Kendriya Vidyalayas, Ms. Irani said teaching of German under …

HRD Minister turns down demands to make Sanskrit compulsory
10 years, 4 months ago

HRD Minister turns down demands to make Sanskrit compulsory

India TV News  

New Delhi: Taking on her critics, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani today dismissed charges that education was being saffronised even as she turned down demands that Sanskrit be made compulsory in the curriculum. Answering questions on the controversial decision to replace German with Sanskrit as the third language in some 500 Centrally-run Kendriya Vidyalayas, Irani said that teaching of …

English has no relevance in our country: RSS chief
16 years, 1 month ago

English has no relevance in our country: RSS chief

Hindustan Times  

At a time when regional political parties are raking up the chauvinistic sentiments through language, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has come out openly against English. HT Image RSS chief KS Sudarshan on Sunday said that the time has come to launch a movement against English, which actually is redundant. Addressing RSS workers in Pune, Sudarshan said that countrymen should have …

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