?Ramdev's dream Vedic school proposal turned down

Yog guru Baba Ramdev had proposed on setting up India's first Vedic Education board (VEB) and now the reports say that his propose was apparently rejected by S C khuntia, the school education secretary have expressed serious reservations on the government recognising a private school board.

According to reports, at a meeting Khuntia actually turned down the offers, where even Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present. He said that the state's sanction for a private board would open the doors for similar requests from other unrecognised school boards. No private board is currently recognised by the Centre.

As per an anonymous source, "VERI also wants this board to issue guidelines for recruitment of teachers in its affiliated schools. This is the domain of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), which regulates teacher education and recruitment in the country."

As an alternative to Ramdev's plan, the school education department has suggested that the Centre should instead empower Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratisthan (MSRVVP) in Ujjain to conduct exams in Vedic and Sanskrit education and recognise Veda and Sanskrit pathshalas and Sanskrit medium schools.

MSRVVP is a fully-funded autonomous body under the HRD ministry, which runs programmes to promote the oral tradition of Vedas.