It would be out of place to even suggest that the rich ancient language of Sanskrit has now become only a matter of research and scholarly debates.
The growing popularity of Sanskrit can be proven by the fact that the number of schools under ‘Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandalam’ established in the year 2003 in the State at that time numbering 13 to 14 has now gone upto 74.
Just a day earlier, Chhattisgarh School Education minister Kedar Kashyap released the results of ‘Prachya Sanskrit Annual Examination 2014 ‘of the schools under Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandalam at his residence here.
There are 86.04 per cent of the students enrolled in the Sanskrit schools who have passed the ‘Poorva Madhyama Pratham’ and Dwitiya and ‘Uttar Madhyama Pratham’ besides ‘Dwitiya examinations,’ according to an official press release issued here.
later, addressing the function held at the Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandalam here, the minister stressed on even promoting Yoga education among students of the Sanskrit schools. He asked the officials to make efforts towards starting Yoga training in Kasturba Gandhi Schools, Eklavya Schools, Model Schools and hostels also.
Kashyap even visited the students of Arshya Jyoti Gurukul Ashram in Kosrangi village of Mahasamund district and congratulated them for learning the ancient Sanskrit language of the country.
Chairman of Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandalam Dr Ganesh Kaushik said that the ‘Poorva Madhyama Pratham’ and ‘Dwitiya’ and ‘Uttar Madhyama Pratham’ and ‘Dwitiya’ examinations is equivalent to the 9th, 10th, 11th 12thstandards of the Chhattisgarh Secondary Education Board. He said, in 2014, 2,279 students have taken examination, of which 1,961 students have passed.