German Language Row

Thousands of students will not have to take a Sanskrit exam this year after the government decided to drop German as a third language, the Centre today informed the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has given the Centre one week to consider whether it can put off its decision to introduce Sanskrit as the third language in schools to the next academic year.

German Ambassador Michael Steiner is organising a 'satsang' on his birthday on Friday and he has invited Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani to attend it. The gesture comes in the middle of a raging row over the Union government replacing German with Sanskrit as the third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

The government has been given a week by the Supreme Court to explain its decision to bar students from studying German as a third language in Kendriya Vidayalas or central schools across the country.

Nearly 70,000 students of Kendriya Vidyalayas are worried after the government's decision to drop German as an alternative to Sanskrit as a third language. They have less than a week to prepare for the Sankrit paper with exams just round the corner. The students are worried how will they switch to a new language after learning German throughout the...

On Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the controversy surrounding the teaching of German language in 500 Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country. The government's decision to replace German with Sanskrit as a third language across Kendriya Vidyalayas had reportedly disappointed the German administ...

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia.

Thousands of students will not have to take a Sanskrit exam this year after the government decided to drop German as a third language, the Centre today informed the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has given the Centre one week to consider whether it can put off its decision to introduce Sanskrit as the third language in schools to the next academic year.

German Ambassador Michael Steiner is organising a 'satsang' on his birthday on Friday and he has invited Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani to attend it. The gesture comes in the middle of a raging row over the Union government replacing German with Sanskrit as the third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

The government has been given a week by the Supreme Court to explain its decision to bar students from studying German as a third language in Kendriya Vidayalas or central schools across the country.

Nearly 70,000 students of Kendriya Vidyalayas are worried after the government's decision to drop German as an alternative to Sanskrit as a third language. They have less than a week to prepare for the Sankrit paper with exams just round the corner. The students are worried how will they switch to a new language after learning German throughout the...

On Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the controversy surrounding the teaching of German language in 500 Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country. The government's decision to replace German with Sanskrit as a third language across Kendriya Vidyalayas had reportedly disappointed the German administ...

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia.