KATMANDU, NEPAL, December 10, 2002: Nepal has ordered it’s schools to drop compulsory Sanskrit lessons, but denies it has caved in to demands by Maoist rebels who say the language is foreign to the Himalayan Kingdom. The abolition of Sanskrit lessons is key amongst a list of educational reforms demanded by the rebels who have called on students to boycott classes across Nepal indefinitely from Monday. The Himalayan Times quoted Education Minister Devi Ojha as saying the decision was not made to comply with the rebels.
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