HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Sanskrit Lecturers' Association has found fault with the Board of Intermediate Education's (BIE) alleged attempt to wean away students from Sanskrit by propagating that the examination pattern of the subject would be tough.

At a press conference here, G.V.S.L. Narasimhacharyulu, general secretary and J. Yagna Narayana Sastry, vice-president of the Association asked whether the BIE would make similar changes in subjects like Arabic or French also taught as second languages. The news leaked by the Board over changes in syllabus has created panic among students and most refuse to opt for Sanskrit next year.

Neglect of Telugu denied

The Association brushed aside the allegations that Telugu was being ignored by students at the cost of Sanskrit.

They said 60 per cent of the questions in the Sanskrit test paper are being answered in Sanskrit only and there was no merit in the argument that students opting for Sanskrit were scoring easy marks.

"Even the Official Language Commission has been blaming Sanskrit for neglect of Telugu, which is not proper," Mr. Narsimhacharyulu said, adding that students opting for Telugu were more in number compared to Sanskrit.

Mother of languages

He said Sanskrit was the mother of all Indian languages and any effort to dissuade students from studying it should be opposed.

They pointed out that vacancies of Sanskrit lecturer posts were not being advertised and it reflected the Government's step-motherly treatment towards the language.

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