German vs Sanskrit controversy created ‘deliberately’: Irani
23 Nov 2014 4:23 AM IST
HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said a controversy over German being replaced in KV schools has been created ‘deliberately’ and asserted that its continuation as third language would have been a violation of the Constitution.
‘The schools were teaching German as the third language which was in violation of the Constitution, knowing that German is not a third language. We or the Ministry or KVs could not have renewed the contract.... I have taken oath under Indian Constitution and I will abide by it,’ Irani told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
According to the Ministry, the MoU signed between Kendriya Vidyalaya or central schools and Goethe Institute-Max Mueller Bhawan in 2011 to offer German as the third language was also not referred to the Ministry at any stage.
‘The schools were teaching German as the third language which was in violation of the Constitution, knowing that German is not a third language. We or the Ministry or KVs could not have renewed the contract.... I have taken oath under Indian Constitution and I will abide by it,’ Irani told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
According to the Ministry, the MoU signed between Kendriya Vidyalaya or central schools and Goethe Institute-Max Mueller Bhawan in 2011 to offer German as the third language was also not referred to the Ministry at any stage.
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