SCERT, UP SANSKRIT SANSTHAN TO RUN COLLECTIVE DRIVE TO PROMOTE SANSKRIT

LUCKNOW : The state government is planning to promote the Sanskrit language in a big way so that students in government schools can converse in the language during Sanskrit classes, officials said.

The State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT) and UP Sanskrit Sansthan will collectively run a campaign in which master trainers will be trained first and later they will be appointed in each block of the state to popularise Sanskrit in a proper way. “We carried out similar initiative last year. This year too we intend to start a drive for promotion of Sanskrit language,” said Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur Singh, SCERT director, on Monday.

The state government has formulated a plan to boost Sanskrit at the grassroots level in Uttar Pradesh. “To make the teachers and students well-versed with the language, the master trainers will educate the teachers in all the state-run primary schools, who will further impart the knowledge to the students,” Singh said.

The coaching process of the trainers for the first phase is already being conducted by the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). DIET will also be conducting training and various competitions online which will enable active participation of the teachers and students. According to officials, for promotion of better Sanskrit education in primary schools, it has been agreed to conduct Sanskrit language training camp for teachers from 68 DIET centers in the state. In the first phase, as many as 100 teachers from every DIET center will be imparted training in Sanskrit. In this way, about 6800 teachers of the state will gain better knowledge of Sanskrit. After the 14-day long training, the teachers will be trained enough to impart proper Sanskrit education to the children studying in primary schools. “In the 72 Sanskrit Schools of the state, the students will be imparted Sanskrit language training with a five-day online computer course,” said an official said.