New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday strongly pitched for the promotion of Sanskrit in educational institutes to preserve, promote and propagate the rich language. He also underlined on the need to impart education in mother tongue up to class 10.
Naidu was speaking at the ‘World Conference on Sanskrit’, organised by the Samskrita Bharati Foundation, an RSS outfit.
Key takeaways from his speech:
1. We cannot think of India without thinking of Sanskrit.
2. Governments and educational institutes should provide an opportunity to learn Sanskrit.
3. Sanskrit was the medium of education in the Universities of Nalanda, Takshashila etc.
4. Imparting education in the mother tongue cannot be overemphasised.
5. Governments should take steps to have the mother tongue as the medium of instruction up to the 10th standard.
6. There is no problem in learning English or any other language, but the foundation should be in the mother tongue.