The decision came a day after the state education department had asked all district education officers to start preparations for the opening of schools from September 21
Arvind Pandey, state education minister made the announcement on Tuesday during a video conference with the state secretary of education and director of the state education department.
Sanskrit is taught compulsorily from class 3 till class 12 in Uttarakhand government schools. While Sanskrit’s status as the second state language of Uttarakhand was the primary motivation behind the move, minister Arvind Pandey said it would also help the students in learning “teachings of Gita” and fighting “depression”
Discussing the skewed teacher-student ratio in primary schools and recruitment of teachers of lecturer posts in secondary schools, the minister asked officials to submit a report with details of schools where more number of teachers are deployed along with a list of schools where number of teachers are lesser than required.
The accident occurred on National Highway 24. The car in which Arvind and his friends were travelling collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction said police.