Sanskrit is New Cool. MP students can get Rs 10k for studying Sanskrit & performing religious rites. Most students earn distinction in Sanskrit in CBSE board exams, bring up overall%
Sanskrit is New Cool
MP students can get Rs 10k for studying Sanskrit & performing religious rites
Most students earn distinction in Sanskrit in CBSE board exams, bring up overall%
The age-old Sanskrit is the new-in, cool and scoring thing for Madhya Pradesh (MP) students studying in state board and CBSE (central board of secondary education) affiliated schools, as most students excel in the subject and earn a distinction. Furthermore, the education boards are now offering more options and even incentives to study Sanskrit!
Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) students will be rewarded with Rs 8,000 to the students of class 1st to 5th and Rs 10,000 to the students of class 6th to 12th for becoming proficient in performing religious rites. Furthermore, going back to roots and ensuring compliance with New Education Policy 2020 (NEP), MP school education will include life story of Lord Parshuram.
Discussing the same, district education officer (DEO) Manglesh Vyas said, “Following the policy, in the coming years, Sanskrit will be imposed as ‘mainstreamed’ with strong offerings in schooling – including as one of the language options in the three-language formula and in higher studies offering schools in MP.” He added that the system will be established in such a way that it will hold up the extensive use of technology to aid in language translation and interpretation efforts in the coming years.
Exceptional performance in Sanskrit
Indore Sahodaya Complex of CBSE Schools chairperson Isabel Swamy said, “Students have scored exceptionally well in Sanskrit, with some getting 100% marks in Indore.” She added that this brings pride to Indore for having such diligent students.
She added that Sanskrit has always been considered a scoring subject, but it is still tough to get 100%.
Learning from parents helps
"Students having spent time at home have improved in their knowledge of basic education in terms of language,” Manoj Bajpai, an educationist, added. He explained that it’s likely that some students have parents, who are religiously inclined and hence, Sanskrit shlokas became more closer part of their life from pandemic time.
CBSE to offer Sanskrit in two levels for Class 10 board exams
In pursuance to recommendation of National Education Policy 2020 regarding availability of all subjects and corresponding assessments at two levels as per the needs and interest of students, CBSE is offering Communicative English and Sanskrit at two levels from the academic year in class X in the year 2023-24.
“The Board will offer communicative based curricula which CBSE used to offer in these languages till the year 2018 in these languages,” CBSE director (Academics) Joseph Emmanuel said.
Until now, the board was offering Mathematics (basic and standard) and Hindi (A and B) at two levels. The Union education ministry announced that the CBSE will start offering English and Sanskrit at two-levels as well.
“As NEP stresses on using an approach to learning that highlights the importance of real-life contexts and enabling students to apply their knowledge in real life scenarios, communicative approach to languages would certainly develop the student’s competence to communicate in the target language (communicative competence), with an enhanced focus on real-life situations,” he added.
Fun-Fact: PhD in Sanskrit 2nd most popular after Hindi
A PhD in Sanskrit is the second most popular option for research in languages after Hindi in the country, the latest All India Survey for Higher Education has found.
Though science and technology overall lead PhDs, the number of students enrolling for Indian languages is on the rise as well.
There are 8,016 students enrolled in PhD in Indian languages. The highest number of students are enrolled in Hindi language. It has 2396 students enrolled in research that would lead to a doctorate.
Sanskrit follows Hindi as the second most popular option. There are 1,048 students enrolled in Sanskrit research for PhDs.
Interestingly, the number of students doing PhD in foreign languages is fewer than Indian languages. There are total 3,694 enrolled in PhDs for foreign languages, predictably led by English and followed by French.
MP students can get Rs 10k for studying Sanskrit & performing religious rites
Most students earn distinction in Sanskrit in CBSE board exams, bring up overall%
The age-old Sanskrit is the new-in, cool and scoring thing for Madhya Pradesh (MP) students studying in state board and CBSE (central board of secondary education) affiliated schools, as most students excel in the subject and earn a distinction. Furthermore, the education boards are now offering more options and even incentives to study Sanskrit!
Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) students will be rewarded with Rs 8,000 to the students of class 1st to 5th and Rs 10,000 to the students of class 6th to 12th for becoming proficient in performing religious rites. Furthermore, going back to roots and ensuring compliance with New Education Policy 2020 (NEP), MP school education will include life story of Lord Parshuram.
Discussing the same, district education officer (DEO) Manglesh Vyas said, “Following the policy, in the coming years, Sanskrit will be imposed as ‘mainstreamed’ with strong offerings in schooling – including as one of the language options in the three-language formula and in higher studies offering schools in MP.” He added that the system will be established in such a way that it will hold up the extensive use of technology to aid in language translation and interpretation efforts in the coming years.
Exceptional performance in Sanskrit
Indore Sahodaya Complex of CBSE Schools chairperson Isabel Swamy said, “Students have scored exceptionally well in Sanskrit, with some getting 100% marks in Indore.” She added that this brings pride to Indore for having such diligent students.
She added that Sanskrit has always been considered a scoring subject, but it is still tough to get 100%.
Learning from parents helps
"Students having spent time at home have improved in their knowledge of basic education in terms of language,” Manoj Bajpai, an educationist, added. He explained that it’s likely that some students have parents, who are religiously inclined and hence, Sanskrit shlokas became more closer part of their life from pandemic time.
CBSE to offer Sanskrit in two levels for Class 10 board exams
In pursuance to recommendation of National Education Policy 2020 regarding availability of all subjects and corresponding assessments at two levels as per the needs and interest of students, CBSE is offering Communicative English and Sanskrit at two levels from the academic year in class X in the year 2023-24.
“The Board will offer communicative based curricula which CBSE used to offer in these languages till the year 2018 in these languages,” CBSE director (Academics) Joseph Emmanuel said.
Until now, the board was offering Mathematics (basic and standard) and Hindi (A and B) at two levels. The Union education ministry announced that the CBSE will start offering English and Sanskrit at two-levels as well.
“As NEP stresses on using an approach to learning that highlights the importance of real-life contexts and enabling students to apply their knowledge in real life scenarios, communicative approach to languages would certainly develop the student’s competence to communicate in the target language (communicative competence), with an enhanced focus on real-life situations,” he added.
Fun-Fact: PhD in Sanskrit 2nd most popular after Hindi
A PhD in Sanskrit is the second most popular option for research in languages after Hindi in the country, the latest All India Survey for Higher Education has found.
Though science and technology overall lead PhDs, the number of students enrolling for Indian languages is on the rise as well.
There are 8,016 students enrolled in PhD in Indian languages. The highest number of students are enrolled in Hindi language. It has 2396 students enrolled in research that would lead to a doctorate.
Sanskrit follows Hindi as the second most popular option. There are 1,048 students enrolled in Sanskrit research for PhDs.
Interestingly, the number of students doing PhD in foreign languages is fewer than Indian languages. There are total 3,694 enrolled in PhDs for foreign languages, predictably led by English and followed by French.