After Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani turned down demands that Sanskrit be made compulsory in the curriculum, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Thursday said that the State Government would take very step to promote Sanskrit in the schools here.
Sharma said that State would take assistance of Yog Guru Baba Ramdev in teaching Sanskrit in the State.“Swami Ramdev has been spreading awareness among people about Sanskrit and yoga during last many years and the State Government would take his help in teaching Sanskrit and yoga in the State,” said Sharma while talking to the mediapersons.
On being asked about making Sanskrit subject compulsory in Haryana, Sharma dodged the question and added, “Sanskrit has been identified as a perfect language for computers and the State Government has been encouraging people to learn Sanskrit language.”On teachers’ recruitment in Haryana, the Education Minister said the dynastic rule was promoted during the tenure of previous State Governments.
“large scale irregularities were found during scrutiny of documents in the recruitment of teachers and the degree documents and experience certificates submitted were found out to be fake and forged.”“The State Government is contemplating to register criminal cases against those who are found guilty for irregularities in their documents”, added Sharma.
He said “the State Government would soon start recruitment of teachers on a large scale. The Government would carry out the recruitment in a transparent and fair manner only on merit basis through Haryana Staff Selection Commission.”He also said the State Government has already scrapped the Teachers Recruitment Board.