Srinagar, July 20 -- J&K school education department on Saturday said that it has not proposed, approved, or initiated any process for the inclusion of the Sanskrit from Class 6 to 10 in Valley schools.

In an official communication issued here, the department said that claims that Sanskrit is being introduced as a mandatory subject for classes 6 to 10 and an optional subject for classes 3 to 5 in Kashmir division.

"The school education department of J&K has not received any communication/direction from the ministry of education, Government of India, regarding mandatory/optional introduction of Sanskrit in the curriculum of school education," the department said in a statement.

The department said that the secretariat of lieutenant gove...