HYDERABAD: With the HRD ministry making it clear that it wants Sanskrit to be the third language in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools, parents feel that it is not right time for such changes to be done in the middle of the term.
Fortynine KV schools operate in Telangana and AP and 17 of them in Hyderabad city alone. Thousands of students will be affected if the change in language is implemented. “No changes in policy and procedure should be made mid-term. Whatever changes they want to implement should be from next academic year,” said Vasudevan, former assistant commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Hyderabad region.
“Students of classes VI, VII and VIII are studying German, so they should be allowed to continue until the last batch completes. The new batch can have a different language. Also, German must not be dropped altogether and children should be given the option of studying a foreign language,” Vasudevan opined. He felt that curriculum changes must not be made unless children are comfortable with it. “If he/she has studied German in class VI he/she should give examination in German only and not Sanskrit,” he observed.
Parents too lashed out at the decision and questioned how a child will be able to cope with a sudden change in language midway through the term. “This is not a great idea at all. Not all Kendriya Vidyalayas are quipped well in terms of teachers or facilities. In the middle of the term, if you say Sanskrit has to be made mandatory and no German or French should be taught, how will the child learn anything? MHRD is putting the children in trouble,” said Vasuki Belavadi, who has a son studying in sixth standard at Kendriya Vidyalaya.