Firstly I would like to thank you for asking this question because a lot of people don’t even raise this topic though it is so much important. Sankrit Language is not just a language, it showcases our true indian custom and tradition and all the historical books are written in sanskrit. So if we desire to get the true essence of those books like Geeta, Vedas, Upanishads then we should learn this language by heart. I do accept the fact that these books are already translated in other languages but some values and thoughts are always lost.

Nowadays, we are so much keen to learn the western culture and neglect the indian culture by claiming that our culture is superstitious or old-fashioned. But that’s entirely wrong. Our true Indian culture was entirely jeopardized by foreign invasions and colonizer. We were forced to accept and follow their culture and with time those forced habits became customs.

Let me give you an example. We have seen a lot of women in the villages and also in the urban sides putting veil on the head. This custom was not in our culture, rather it was done to protect the women from colonizer. But now it has become a custom and a women (married) who doesn’t follow is marked as a characterless women in the villages and a woman who does they are compared with gold. This custom is not followed in the south, as those places had almost negligible interference from the colonizers and hence some of our traditions are still intact over there and most of the people knows sanskrit there. As per I can remember Mattur, situated in Shivamogga district, Karnataka, is acclaimed as the “Sanskrit village of India.” . If you go to the South Indian sides you will see they only put veil on their head if someone died and might get furious if a woman puts veil on her head. So this is what happens when we don’t know the culture, and ultimately in the modern times, blame our own culture to be ‘old fashioned’ or ‘superstitious’.

Our culture is extremely openminded and only be understood by reading those books and visiting some historical places which weren’t destroyed or interfered with by foreigners.

So yes, to answer your question, it is truly important to introduce sanskrit as a language from the beginning just like any other regional language. Though we cant eradicate the English language as it provides a better communication with people all over the world. It is an universal language. May be a bit of English is needed for all from the career related perspective. But English language should not be a matter of status. Rather Sankrit should be, because not knowing it is always detaching you from knowing India.