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New Delhi: Amid the much controversy over the German and Sanskrit issue by HRD Ministry, the Aam Aadmi Party has said that it will raise the issue of unjustified and coercive interference by the BJP’s central government in school education curriculum during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

The irresponsible statements and circulars by the union human resources development ministry when the current academic session is in its final stages, is a clear attempt by the central government to tamper with the education system for solely its political motives.

The BJP government has displayed complete ignorance of facts and the Constitution by narrowing down the debate on third language formula in school education into a slanging match between German and Sanskrit. The HRD minister has lied to the country that teaching German in schools was unconstitutional.

The AAP demands that the HRD ministry should immediately rollback its circular of withdrawing German as a third language being currently taught to students of class VI-VIII in the Kendriya Vidyalayas at the fag end of the current academic session and should maintain status quo for now.


Any change in replacement of language should be done in a phased manner beginning from the next academic session, and students who have studied any language for two years should not be disturbed. Any new language should be introduced for students who take admission in class VI next year.
The government has no right to impose its views of the KVS board of directors.
Students should have a choice of choosing any Indian or foreign language as a third language which they want to learn.
What is further disturbing is that though the HRD ministry is talking introduction of any modern Indian language as a third language for students of classes VI-VIII, all indications are that this government is hell-bent on confining Sanskrit as a mandatory third language in schools.
The HRD ministry must not hide facts and come out with a clear guideline on the third language policy from the next academic session.

There are reports that the CBSE Board is contemplating an advisory for all schools affiliated to it for the introduction of a third mandatory language for students of all streams in classes XI and XII, if these reports are correct, since these have so far not been denied by the HRD ministry, such a move would unnecessarily burden the students in their career classes.

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