The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on Monday told the Supreme Court that students who have switched to Sanskrit as third language will not have to give exams in 2014-15.
A day before the case is to come up for hearing before a Bench led by Justice Anil R. Dave, the Commissioner of the Sangathan filed an affidavit annexing a letter from the CBSE allaying the fears of the parents about their children’s plight when they appear for the Class 10 Board exams.
CBSE norms stipulated a student to complete three-year language course before he is allowed to appear for the Board exams. But the change in third language mid-session would leave the students unable to complete their whole three-year course.
The court had in the previous hearing taken a serious view and asked the government to ensure that “students should not be put to any difficulty”.
The KVS affidavit informed that no student in Class 6 who has switched to Sanskrit need any exams in the current academic year 2014-15, but will have to do so from Class 7 onwards.
Class 7 students who have changed to Sanskrit would study it for about 1.5 years.
They would not give any exams in 2014-15, but would appear for exams in the year 2015-16.
As for Class 8 students, they would study Sanskrit for half year, but give no exams for 2014-15.
The parents had challenged the validity of a notification issued by the Ministry of Human Resources Development that Sanskrit would be part of the syllabus as a third language for class 6 to 8 in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
