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Back to our roots, Back to the Vedas
HRD minister encourages Vedic learning by introducing a new board
To encourage the interest in the Vedas, the HRD ministry is planning to bring back Vedic learning by establishing an examination board under the Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan (MSRVVP) in Ujjain, making it the country's first Vedic education board.
It is being said that the MSRVVP will be an autonomous body which will conduct various programmes to promote the Vedas and will be fully -funded with the initial fund of Rs. 6 crore.
The board shall also set up new schools that will teach Veda and Sanskrit as major subjects and the other subjects will be 'minor.' The Vedic Education Board plans to be similar to CBSE.
Around 10,000 students are currently studying Ved Vidya in India. If the new board is set up, then an additional 40,000 students may join.
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