'To me, dropping Nepali language from the Class 11 syllabus or keeping it as an OPTIONAL subject has NOTHING to do with nationalism or lack thereof ' It has nothing to do with nationalism to me as well. Why can't you see language as something that is different to and more important than nationalism? I don't see the inclusion of Nepali in class 11 making any bad impact on the students learning process or whatsoever. We are talking about a single official language of a country where more than 90 percent people understand one language and that is Nepali. 'everything to do with helping to position young students better in an increasingly competitive college and job markets (which do NOT reward, in general, Nepali-bhasa-related skills). ' Again this is utter non-sense. Nepali teaching in high school level - class 9,10,11 is just of a basic standard. It provides the students the oppurtunity to learn the basics of Nepali language. Still, majority of university graduates of Nepal, can't properly communicate with village folks. They can't work at their full capacity in communities, because of poor language. Imagine how disastrous it becomes when, its omitted from 11 now. You don't have to trash your own language to learn others' language. I know why you are insisting in favour of this absurd, unyeilding recommendation. But it's not very helpful for your won personality to trash things that you have relatively little knowledge about. Better try to taste the flavor of Nepali literature as much as you can. Nepali language is one of the greatest symbols of Nepali people. Its something lot more than ultra-nationalism. The erosion in Nepali language triggers the erosion in Nepali identity. Learn to explore the essence of your own language as well. Nobody is subduing the importance of English and other foreign languages here.