Rajasthan: Congress Government to Set Up Vedic Education and Sanskar Board
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New Delhi: The Congress government in Rajasthan government will set up a Vedic Education and Sanskar Board in the next four-five months, after a committee that was formed to define the aims, objectives and functioning of the board submitted its report to the state government.
Minister of state (MoS) for Sanskrit Education Subhash Garg said the Vedic board would be established after chief minister Ashok Gehlot approves it. The board will adopt education modules revolving around Vedic knowledge based on the committee's recommendations.
The Congress had in its election manifesto for the 2018 state assembly elections promised to set up the board and to take measures in order to promote Sanskrit.
According to The Hindu, the board will aim to "revive the knowledge of ancient Sanskrit scriptures and connect the learnings of the Vedas with science and yoga".
"By taking such initiatives, the Congress-led regime in the state was performing better than the previous BJP government," the MoS said, according to news agency PTI.
In January this year, Gehlot announced his government's intentions to expedite the process to encourage students to conduct research on the Vedas.
He had pointed out that Ayurveda and Sanskrit universities had been established in the state during the tenure of the Congress government. “Vedas are a treasure of the principles of good governance. By adopting these doctrines, the concept of a welfare state can be realised,” Gehlot had said at an event in Jaipur marking the National Youth Day, according to The Hindu.
The newspaper reported that the committee studied several models of Vedic teaching that are being followed in other states.
Rajasthan has about 20 residential Vedic schools, including ‘Gurukuls’ (seminaries) which adhere to the ancient teacher-disciple tradition. These are run by a trust and do not follow any regulated curriculum, The Hindu reported.
In January 2019, a body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development gave in-principle nod to the Bhartiya Shiksha Board, a new national board of education centred on Vedic ideas. Its objective was to standardise Vedic education.
(With PTI inputs)
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