J&K Govt Yet to Approve L-G’s Proposal for Sanskrit in Schools

Swift Summary:

• Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha’s secretariat received a proposal to include Sanskrit as a mandatory or optional subject in schools under NEP 2020.
• A government spokesman clarified on July 19, 2025, that no decision, approval, or initiation of any process exists yet for including Sanskrit in J&K curricula.
• The communication sent by the L-G office is currently under review by the School Education Department via a transparent consultative process aligned with NEP 2020.
• Any future decisions regarding curriculum changes will be duly deliberated and communicated officially.
• Separately, PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra raised allegations against former Chief minister omar Abdullah’s administration over Urdu exclusion from land record digitisation efforts in J&K.
• The PDP claims that while crores were spent contracting Ramtech for land record digitisation during that administration, only Srinagar and Jammu districts were completed over three years, allegedly leaving out Urdu documentation.

Indian Opinion Analysis:

The clarification from the J&K government highlights its commitment to a transparent curriculum-setting process under NEP 2020 principles. While introducing new subjects like Sanskrit may align with cultural preservation goals embedded within NEP’s broader framework, potential challenges include ensuring inclusivity across diverse linguistic traditions present in the region.

The allegations regarding exclusion of Urdu-a recognized official language-in digitised land records raise questions about administrative accountability during previous governments.If substantiated fully through evidence-based inquiry processes, such lapses could have substantial implications for accessibility and inclusiveness of public documentation systems critical to governance.

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