Disputing allegations that a committee headed by him had recommended making Sanskrit learning compulsory in schools , chairman of the committee and former Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami said it had only suggested enforcement of the ‘three-language’ formula that had gained acceptance long ago.

Mr. Gopalaswami, who is currently the Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth in Tirupati, said in this scheme of things, the student would be free to choose any language under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as the third language and Sanskrit has not been recommended as the compulsory third language.

The HRD Ministry formed the committee in November 2015. The 13-member team submitted the report to the Ministry on February 4, following which political parties in Tamil Nadu slammed it for allegedly trying to impose Sanskrit on CBSE students...............Read more

Source: The Hindu