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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Centre to set up Sanskrit university</b>
Statesman News Service
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30: Facing the charge of minority appeasement, the Union ministry for human resource development has in principle agreed to set up a Central Sanskrit University.
HRD minister Mr Arjun Singh agreed to this long -awaited demand concerning the oldest language at the first meeting of the Central Sanskrit Parishad earlier this week.

Mr Singh also said the issue of establishing a National Board of Sanskrit School Education would be taken up with the Planning Commission. The board members said three Indian languages should be taught from Class VI to Class X and marks obtained in these languages <b>should be considered for competitive examinations.</b>
At present, CBSE and Kendriya Vidyalayas are teaching two languages, while some southern states have a local language under the three-language formula.
<b>The Sansthan has recommended Sanskrit as a compulsory third language till Class X in Hindi-speaking states and the language would carry 25 per cent marks as part of a paper either in the mother tongue or in Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states</b>. The human resource development ministry has agreed to examine the proposal
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