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==== In the West ==== {{see also | Sanskrit revival#Revival outside India }} [[St James Independent Schools|St James Junior School]] and [[Avanti Schools Trust]] in London, England, offer Sanskrit as part of the curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanskrit @ St James |website=Sanskrit @ St James |access-date=8 October 2017 |url=http://www.sanskritatstjames.org.uk/about-us/st-james-schools/ |archive-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009042112/http://www.sanskritatstjames.org.uk/about-us/st-james-schools/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since September 2009, US high school students have been able to receive credits as Independent Study or toward Foreign Language requirements by studying Sanskrit as part of the "SAFL: Samskritam as a Foreign Language" program coordinated by [[Samskrita Bharati]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why SAFL? |author=Varija Yelagalawadi |website=Samskrita Bharati USA |url=http://www.samskritabharatiusa.org/index.php/safl-why.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512170117/http://www.samskritabharatiusa.org/index.php/safl-why.html |archive-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> In Australia, the private boys' high school [[Sydney Grammar School]] offers Sanskrit from years 7 through to 12, including for the [[Higher School Certificate (New South Wales)|Higher School Certificate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Headmaster's Introduction |author=Sydney Grammar School |url=http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/headmaster/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315001425/http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/headmaster/ |archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Other schools that offer Sanskrit include the Ficino School in Auckland, New Zealand; St James Preparatory Schools in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa; John Colet School, Sydney, Australia; Erasmus School, Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |website=John Scottus School |url=https://www.johnscottus.ie/ |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=2 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902010646/https://www.johnscottus.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sanskrit script opens the path to spirituality and helps improve focus |series=Saturday Star |website=Independent Online |place=South Africa |url=https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/sanskrit-script-opens-the-path-to-spirituality-and-helps-improve-focus-13127550 |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404061051/https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/sanskrit-script-opens-the-path-to-spirituality-and-helps-improve-focus-13127550 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Barrett |first=David V. |year=1996 |title=Sects, Cults, and Alternative Religions: A world survey and sourcebook |publisher=Blandford |isbn=0713725672 |location=London, UK |oclc=36909325 |url=https://archive.org/details/sectscultsaltern00barr}}</ref>
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