Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had opposed the celebration of Sanskrit week in schools and said it would be appropriate to have organised a ‘Classical Language Week’ in each state which will be based on its linguistic heritage. Notify that the Sanskrit Week will be celebrated in CBSE’s schools under its next ambit next month.
A communication had been sent by Human Resource Development Ministry to states to organise such events at the State, District and other levels. However the celebrations would be counducted by BBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) in all states in between 7 to 13 August.
Tamil CM Jayalalithaa however wrote a letter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which states, “Tamil Nadu has a rich cultural heritage based on the ancient Tamil language. There has also been a strong social justice and language movement in the state. Hence, any official celebration of ‘Sanskrit week’ in Tamil Nadu is highly inappropriate.”
She said, “It would have been much more appropriate to have organised a Classical Language Week in each state based on the linguistic heritage. This would be in keeping with the cultural and linguistic sensitivities in a diverse country like ours.”
Bureau Report
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