KV students can still study German as 'additional' subject

Days after directing replacement of German with Sanskrit as third language, the government has said the students wanting to study this foreign language can still do so as an "additional" subject and has decided to continue with services of teachers hired for teaching it.
An order has also been issued by which the grades obtained by students of Class VI to VIII in German as third language so far would be considered in compilation of the overall annual assessment of the third language.
"...It is hereby clarified that the teaching of German (Foreign) language will be continued for those students of classes VI to VIII who were studying German language and opt for continuing the study of German language as an additional subject or as a hobby class.

"Therefore, the services of teachers recruited on contractual basis for teaching of German must be continued as per the existing terms and conditions," said a circular issued to the KVs two days back.
The Human Resources Development Ministry had last week decided to replace German with Sanskrit as the third language in the KVs, arguing that the existing arrangement was against the three-language formula and "violated" the national policy on education.
Another circular issued yesterday said that "to facilitate the children to learn the third language, it has been decided .. That this third language will be taught for such children with the syllabus of the first term of Class VI, even for those children in Class VII or VIII who had taken German as the third language, so that the teaching learning starts for them right from the beginning and no stress is caused to them."

This circular came as it was "felt necessary to issue clear instructions about how the third language would be taught to the students of classes VI to VIII who had been studying German language till now".