Fort Sanskrit HS will be protected: Minister
Steps will be taken to protect Government Sanskrit High School, Fort, in the State capital, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said.
He was speaking after visiting the school on Monday. Antony Raju, MLA, accompanied the Minister.
Twenty-one students studied at the school in the 2024-25 academic year. Only one student Surya Thilakesh appeared for the SSLC examinations from the school. The Minister and the MLA congratulated the student who became eligible for higher studies.
At present, the school has 25 students, five of them in class X.
Sanskrit is taught as first and second language in the school. The Minister said steps would be taken to make Malayalam a subject in the school. At present, a teacher comes to teach Sanskrit at the school three days a week. A temporary Sanskrit teacher who would remain at the school full-time would be appointed.
An amount of ₹1 crore had been sanctioned for the school's infrastructure development, the Minister said.
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