Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan will start non-formal Sanskrit education in the schools all over the country.

     Sanskrit education at the school level ia all the more important because it serves the feeding cadre to the colleges and universities. Also the impression of Sanskrit education at the age of School education will have greater impact on the minds of students to mould their character and conduct. While steps for developing formal Sanskrit learning in the schools are to be taken widely and seriously, there is an urgent need of conducting non-formal Sanskrit education. Sansthan has designed five level Sanskrit learning programme.

   
Level – I :

Study material of First Level  “Prathama Diksha”  (a set of five books):

(i).  Varnamala -   This helps to learn Devnagari script.

(ii). The main book :  Vakyavyavaharah  

(iii). Supplementary Reading Meterial :  Vakyavistarah  

(iv). Suplementary Reading Material :   Sambhashanam  

(v). Appendices :  Parisishtam – (Key to the Vakyavyavaharah, Vakyavistarah and Glossary of words).

At this level efforts are made to make the students speak a few sentences which are useful in day to day context and also write Samskrit through Devanagari script. It takes care of elementary skill in learning Samskrit. 

Level – II :     At this level emphasis is given to make the students able to express all important ideas related to the world around and to improve his capacity to express slightly complicated expressions.

Level – III :    At this level attention is paid to improve the language learning skills towards greater perfection and to lead them to understand simple literary  forms.

Level  - IV:     At this level  students are taught  to write literary Samskrit and idioms of literary expressions.

Level – V :      At this level attempt  is made to increase the abilities of students in understanding and expressing spoken as well as literary Samskrit from all its aspects. The students are expected to be thoroughly equipped to understand the Samskrit literature and other books with the help of commentaries at the end of this level.

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