Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject
2 years, 9 months ago

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject

The Hindu  

The Centre’s move to make Hindi a compulsory language in schools across the eight States in the northeast has miffed various organisations in the region. Describing Hindi as “the language of India”, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Hindi would be made a must up to Class 10 in the region’s schools. Hindi can be an optional subject,” Samuel B. Jyrwa, the chairperson of the North East Students’ Organisation said, adding English is a preferred medium of instruction besides the local tongue. “We will approach all the State governments in the region to not make Hindi compulsory,” he said. “The BJP-led government has been taking anti-Assamese decisions since 2016 by first removing the Assamese paper from the Assam Public Service Commission exams and now the Hindi imposition through the schools.

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‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’

The Hindu  

Prof. Purushothama Bilimale, scholar and former head of the Kannada Language Chair of Jawaharlal Nehru University, recently took charge as the chairman of the Kannada Development Authority, a body working for the development of the Kannada language. However, the Minister of School Education and Literacy is encouraging English medium education and approving English medium in government schools. However, if Kannada …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue, Hindi: Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue, Hindi: Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 13, said that he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The aim of this institute, founded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue as well as Hindi: Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue as well as Hindi: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 13 said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages. Mr. Shah also urged the graduating students to make use of the wealth of knowledge that is available in Sanskrit …

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Director of Private Schools has announced that students in classes 9 and 10 in all private schools affiliated to various boards, except the State board, who have not opted for Tamil as one of the languages as a part of their respective board exam requirements, will have to be mandatorily taught Tamil as an additional compulsory language …

Gujarat House passes bill to make Gujarati compulsory in primary schools
1 year, 10 months ago

Gujarat House passes bill to make Gujarati compulsory in primary schools

Hindustan Times  

The Gujarat assembly has unanimously passed a bill to make Gujarati compulsory in all primary schools. The Gujarat Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Gujarati Language Bill provides for the cancellation of registration of schools violating its provisions. I hope the Gujarat government implements the bill and it does not remain merely on paper.” Doshi said teachers need to be recruited …

Gujarati to be taught mandatorily in Gujarat schools
1 year, 10 months ago

Gujarati to be taught mandatorily in Gujarat schools

The Hindu  

The Gujarat government plans to enact a law to make Gujarati language compulsory in schools for Classes 1 to 8. The government’s announcement came after a remark from the Gujarat High Court which sought a law to make Gujarati compulsory in all schools as a way to preserve the mother tongue. Hearing a PIL, a Bench of Chief Justice Sonia …

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin moves resolution against 'Hindi imposition' in state assembly , BJP MLAs walkout
2 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin moves resolution against 'Hindi imposition' in state assembly , BJP MLAs walkout

Firstpost  

Earlier,CM Stalin wrote to PM Modi that the recommendations should not be accepted or implemented since they are against the federal principles of the Constitution, detrimental to multilingual structure of our country and question the future by ignoring English and completely excluding the 22 State Chennai: Chief Minister MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday moved a resolution against “Hindi …

CM joins Stalin in opposing the Centre's move to impose Hindi as medium of education
2 years, 2 months ago

CM joins Stalin in opposing the Centre's move to impose Hindi as medium of education

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan joined his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Stalin in denouncing the purported move by the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language to employ Hindi as the medium of instruction in IITs, IIMs, Kendra Vidyalayas, and Central universities in Hindi-speaking States, and regional languages in similar centres of learning in other regions. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra …

Don't force another language war by imposing compulsory Hindi, says CM Stalin
2 years, 3 months ago

Don't force another language war by imposing compulsory Hindi, says CM Stalin

India Today  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of enforcing ‘One Nation, One Language, One religion, One food and One culture’ and stated that it would damage the Indian Union. Highlighting the Parliament Committee report on Official Language, given by Home Minister Amit Shah to President Draupadi Murumu, CM Stalin stated that the report recommended Hindi as …

Hindi Diwas 2022: Amid New Row by HDK, News18 Reads into Politics Over World's 3rd Most Spoken Language
2 years, 3 months ago

Hindi Diwas 2022: Amid New Row by HDK, News18 Reads into Politics Over World's 3rd Most Spoken Language

News 18  

The controversy over Hindi imposition is back in news in Karnataka as JDS leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy after writting a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday and urging his government not to celebrate ‘Hindi Diwas’ by utilising the taxpayers’ money has now called for protest against the Hindi Diwas. Ajay Devgn Vs Kiccha Sudeep The …

The debate on the national language
2 years, 8 months ago

The debate on the national language

The Hindu  

The story so far: Remarks by a Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India sparked a controversy recently over the status of the language under the Constitution. The official language issue was hotly debated in the Constituent Assembly, and the provisions relating to it were formulated only after a compromise that English shall continue …

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18
2 years, 8 months ago

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18

News 18  

“I can’t learn Hindi for your convenience; learn Tamil if you want!” Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay’s dialogue in his latest movie, Beast, has set the tone once again for the already raging “Hindi imposition” controversy in the country. All this furore on speaking Hindi and its imposition began after Union Home minister Amit Shah’s comment that Hindi should be accepted …

N-E opposes plans to make Hindi \'must\' school subject
2 years, 8 months ago

N-E opposes plans to make Hindi \'must\' school subject

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The Centre’s plans to make Hindi a compulsory language in schools up to Class 10 across states has triggered angry reactions among many organisations, including Asom Sahitya Sabha, an influential literary body opposing the idea and asking the central government to concentrate on conserving and promoting indigenous languages. Only opting for fourth-grade jobs in south India will not make …

Non-Hindi speaking states want English: DMK hits back at Amit Shah's 'language of India' remark
2 years, 9 months ago

Non-Hindi speaking states want English: DMK hits back at Amit Shah's 'language of India' remark

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, has rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English. DMK MP TKS Elangovan quoted assurances given by former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Parliament on English being the alternative language or second language for all non-Hindi speaking states. Hindi imposition debate was …

Amit Shah bats for Hindi as alternative to English, Opposition cries 'imposition'
2 years, 9 months ago

Amit Shah bats for Hindi as alternative to English, Opposition cries 'imposition'

India Today  

Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages, Union Home minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Union Home minister Amit Shah also stressed the need for "elementary knowledge of Hindi for students up to 9th class" and "more attention to Hindi teaching examinations". "Unless we make Hindi flexible by accepting words from other local …

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation
2 years, 11 months ago

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation

Live Law  

In a plea filed for implementation of National Education Policy, 2020 in the State of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court has orally observed that it wouldn't be harmful if Hindi is taught in educational institutions as a third language, along with Tamil and English. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Arjunan ELayaraja seeking directions for the …

State Not To Make Kannada Language Compulsory In Degree Courses Till Further Orders: Karnataka High Court
3 years ago

State Not To Make Kannada Language Compulsory In Degree Courses Till Further Orders: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to not compel students who do not wish to take Kannada language as a compulsory subject while pursuing degree courses, till further orders. We are of the prima facie view that matter with respect to Kannada Language being made compulsory language in higher studies on the basis of National Education …

Kannada Language As A Compulsory Subject In Degree Courses: Karnataka HC To Consider Interim Relief Against Govt. Orders On Friday
3 years, 3 months ago

Kannada Language As A Compulsory Subject In Degree Courses: Karnataka HC To Consider Interim Relief Against Govt. Orders On Friday

Live Law  

Observing that "It is a sensitive issue," the Karnataka High Court today said it would on Friday consider the prayer for interim relief sought in a petition seeking to stay the operation of two government orders, making the Kannada language as a subject compulsory for every student enrolling in a degree course in the State of Karnataka. The Petitioner Samskrita …

MP govt plans Sanskrit only play schools to promote language and tradition
4 years ago

MP govt plans Sanskrit only play schools to promote language and tradition

Hindustan Times  

From the next academic session, every district in Madhya Pradesh will have a playschool, where mode of education would be Sanskrit, state education minister said on Tuesday. In the play schools, students of class LKG and UKG will be taught speaking, etiquettes, shlokas and names of different objects in Sanskrit language only. MP school education department is going to introduce …

Denying Students Option to Learn Hindi Amounts to Modern-day Untouchability, Says Tamil Nadu BJP Chief
4 years, 4 months ago

Denying Students Option to Learn Hindi Amounts to Modern-day Untouchability, Says Tamil Nadu BJP Chief

News 18  

BJP Tamil Nadu chief L Murugan on Saturday took potshots at DMK President M K Stalin for his opposition to the three-language formula suggested in the Centre's National Education Policy 2020, asking why government school students should be 'discriminated' from learning Hindi. The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making …

Misinformation Over Exclusion of Urdu, NEP Includes Languages Mentioned in Eighth Schedule: Education Ministry
4 years, 4 months ago

Misinformation Over Exclusion of Urdu, NEP Includes Languages Mentioned in Eighth Schedule: Education Ministry

News 18  

Days after a row over omission of Chinese language from the list of foreign languages to be taught at school, the New Education Policy is being questioned for the absence of Urdu from its list of Indian languages. Clarifying on the inclusion of Urdu, the ministry said that the new policy includes the languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of …

National Education Policy 2020 | Won’t impose any language, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweets in Tamil
4 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy 2020 | Won’t impose any language, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweets in Tamil

The Hindu  

The Centre will not impose any language on any State through the new National Education Policy 2020, Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on Sunday. Mr. Nishank’s clarification, through a tweet in Tamil, comes in the backdrop of opposition to NEP in Tamil Nadu on the grounds that the policy allegedly imposed Hindi and Sanskrit. In his tweet …

NEP 2020 makes studies compulsory in regional language upto Class 5, school principals think English is important
4 years, 5 months ago

NEP 2020 makes studies compulsory in regional language upto Class 5, school principals think English is important

India Today  

New Education Policy 2020 encourages students to learn subjects in their mother tongue until the class 5 so as to promote multilingualism, however, this would create a problem for students to read subjects in English medium in higher classes, according to the principals of several schools. As per the new National Education Policy, the medium of instruction until at least …

Marathi language mandatory in all schools across Maharashtra
4 years, 10 months ago

Marathi language mandatory in all schools across Maharashtra

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that makes Marathi a compulsory subject across all schools in the state. The state Legislative Council had passed the legislation, titled `Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Bill, 2020', on Wednesday. Desai said the legislation was on the lines of laws in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala …

Learning Assamese till Class 10 compulsory for Assam government jobs
4 years, 11 months ago

Learning Assamese till Class 10 compulsory for Assam government jobs

India TV News  

Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Assamese will be made a compulsory subject in all schools of the state and only those who have studied the language till Class 10 will be eligible for its government jobs. He also said that his two children, who study outside the state, will not be eligible for any Assam …

Hindi push assault on diversity, India’s spirit
5 years, 3 months ago

Hindi push assault on diversity, India’s spirit

Deccan Chronicle  

On Hindi Divas, when Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah gave an impassioned speech about the “need of our country to have one language, so that foreign languages don’t find a place”, one wonders why he use ‘languages’ in plural! Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Jan Sangh, which was the BJP’s predecessor, favoured Hindi but …

Never spoke of imposing Hindi: Amit Shah
5 years, 3 months ago

Never spoke of imposing Hindi: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday claimed that he did not push for Hindi over regional languages. Referring to his speech on the occasion of Hindi Divas on Saturday where he made a pitch for a common language for India, the Home Minister said that to end the confusion, people should listen to his speech carefully but “if someone …

Attempts of Hindi imposition will be resisted by southern states: Rajinikanth
5 years, 3 months ago

Attempts of Hindi imposition will be resisted by southern states: Rajinikanth

India TV News  

The concept of a common language in India was not possible, veteran actor Rajinikanth said Wednesday. Any attempts of Hindi imposition will not be only be resisted by southern states, but even many in the North, Rajinikanth asserted. The actor's remarks came in response to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent pitch for Hindi as a common language. The 'Superstar' …

No South state will accept Hindi imposition: Rajinikanth opposes Amit Shah's Hindi push
5 years, 3 months ago

No South state will accept Hindi imposition: Rajinikanth opposes Amit Shah's Hindi push

India Today  

Superstar Rajinikanth has joined the chorus against Home Minister Amit Shah's recent push for Hindi as a unifying language for the country. After Kamal Haasan, now Rajinikanth has said that Tamil Nadu and other southern Indian states would never accept Hindi imposition. Not just Tamil Nadu, none of the southern states will accept Hindi imposition." Earlier, Makkal Needhi Maiam leader …

BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests
5 years, 3 months ago

BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests

India TV News  

Accusing the Congress of politicising the language issue, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ruled out imposing Hindi in Karnataka, an official said on Monday. Protesting against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call on Saturday to have Hindi as the common or national language, the opposition Congress and the regional Janata Dal-Secular leaders and cadres staged demonstrations during the weekend in …

Marathi to be made mandatory in CBSE, ICSE schools: CM Devendra Fadnavis
5 years, 6 months ago

Marathi to be made mandatory in CBSE, ICSE schools: CM Devendra Fadnavis

India Today  

Maharashtra government will bring in legislation to make teaching Marathi language compulsory in all schools in the state, including those affiliated to ICSE and CBSE, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Thursday. Mr Fadnavis informed the Legislative Council that there is already a provision for teaching Marathi language in schools attached to non-state education boards. Action against schools not teaching Marathi …

Language discrimination
5 years, 7 months ago

Language discrimination

The Hindu  

The first draft of the National Education Policy gathered controversy. Anyhow, the original draft had proposed that schoolchildren learn three languages, namely their mother tongue, English and Hindi when Hindi is not their mother tongue and Hindi, English and a ‘modern Indian language’ in case their mother tongue is Hindi. There is no credible basis on which to insist that …

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges
5 years, 7 months ago

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges

The Hindu  

True to their well-earned reputation, the people of Tamil Nadu have once again stood up against attempts to ‘promote’ Hindi in non-Hindi States. The three-language formula under the draft National Education Policy, now modified, stipulated mother tongue and English compulsory everywhere till class X, and Hindi in non-Hindi States and non-Hindi languages in Hindi States to be taught. One might …

Kasturirangan says no efforts to impose Hindi
5 years, 7 months ago

Kasturirangan says no efforts to impose Hindi

India TV News  

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, who heads a panel on new National Education Policy, clarified that there were no efforts to impose Hindi even as he dismissed reports of dissent against the removal of the Hindi clause. Political parties, especially in the state of Tamil Nadu, had strongly opposed the three-language formula proposed in the draft National Education Policy alleging …

Make Tamil an optional language for study in other states: CM Edappadi Palaniswami
5 years, 7 months ago

Make Tamil an optional language for study in other states: CM Edappadi Palaniswami

India Today  

The decision to implement the three-language proposal in non-Hindi speaking states received huge backlash from south Indian states, after which the Centre dropped the provision. With the outrage mainly being sparked in Tamil Nadu, CM Edappadi K Palaniswami tweeted his desire, requesting PM Narendra Modi to include Tamil as an optional language for study in other states, adding it would …

Hindi imposition row: Draft policy faces backlash, few BJP MPs come out in support
5 years, 7 months ago

Hindi imposition row: Draft policy faces backlash, few BJP MPs come out in support

India Today  

CM HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday took to social media to criticize the imposition of Hindi in schools under the draft National Education Policy 2019. While Union Minister DV Sadananada Gowda said India Today TV that, "There will be no imposition of any kind and regional issues will be taken care of by the central government," Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi …

Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition
5 years, 7 months ago

Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition

The Hindu  

The Centre has moved quickly to defuse a potentially volatile controversy over the charge of Hindi imposition. The reference in the newly unveiled draft National Education Policy to mandatory teaching of Hindi in all States was withdrawn following an outcry from political leaders in Tamil Nadu, a State that is quite sensitive to any hint of ‘Hindi imposition’ by the …

Centre removes mandatory Hindi from draft education policy after TN protests
5 years, 7 months ago

Centre removes mandatory Hindi from draft education policy after TN protests

The Hindu  

The clause recommending mandatory Hindi teaching in all schools was dropped from the draft National Education Policy on Monday, after the Union government faced an intense backlash from Tamil Nadu, as well as protests from some other States. So we thought the other formulation removes any misunderstanding and assuages feelings in the affected States.” Since the original draft was released …

Government respects all languages, no language will be imposed: MEA S Jaishankar on Education Policy draft
5 years, 7 months ago

Government respects all languages, no language will be imposed: MEA S Jaishankar on Education Policy draft

India TV News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sought calm raging sentiments on National Education Policy draft and said that government respects all languages and that no language will be imposed on anybody. In his tweet, he said that the education policy is still in the draft stage and suggestions from people will be obtained and state government will also be consulted before …

Daily Bulletin: TN parties object to 'imposition' of Hindi in schools; BJP-Mamata row over 'Jai Shri Ram' continues; day's top stories
5 years, 7 months ago

Daily Bulletin: TN parties object to 'imposition' of Hindi in schools; BJP-Mamata row over 'Jai Shri Ram' continues; day's top stories

Firstpost  

Here are today’s top stories: Leaders across party lines in Tamil Nadu threatened to protest against Hindi introduced in schools, BJP and Mamata Banerjee continued tussle over slogan, and more Tamil Nadu parties threaten to protest over ‘imposition’ of Hindi in schools, Centre does damage control A controversy broke out in Tamil Nadu on Saturday over the new Draft Education …

No intention of imposing Hindi, says Centre after Tamil Nadu leaders warn of protests
5 years, 7 months ago

No intention of imposing Hindi, says Centre after Tamil Nadu leaders warn of protests

India Today  

The Central government on Saturday clarified that it has not taken a decision on the draft education policy and has no intention of imposing Hindi or any other language. The Centre's response came amid Tamil Nadu opposition parties' objection to the three-language formula for schools in the state as stated in the draft policy and said that the state will …

No intention to impose any language: says Centre after uproar over draft Education Policy
5 years, 7 months ago

No intention to impose any language: says Centre after uproar over draft Education Policy

India TV News  

The Central government said on Saturday that it has not taken a decision on the draft education policy and that there was no intention of imposing any language. The Centre's response came amid Tamil Nadu opposition parties' objection to the three-language formula for schools in the state as stated in the draft policy. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said …

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states
5 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states

Firstpost  

The draft of the new National Education Policy, proposed by the panel constituted by Javadekar when he was HRD minister in the previous Modi government, had suggested teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. New Delhi: In the wake of a controversy over the recommendation of an HRD Ministry panel to teach Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, Union minister Prakash …

National Education Policy: Kamal Hasan, Kanimozhi oppose 'imposition' of Hindi
5 years, 7 months ago

National Education Policy: Kamal Hasan, Kanimozhi oppose 'imposition' of Hindi

India TV News  

Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday opposed the three-language formula for schools in the state, as stated in the draft national education policy presented by K. Kasturirangan Committee to the central government. The Kasturirangan Committee has recommended teaching of Hindi, English and one regional language in the non-Hindi states. For Hindi-speaking states, the committee has recommended teaching of Hindi, …

Tamil Nadu parties against imposition of Hindi
5 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu parties against imposition of Hindi

The Quint  

Makkal Needhi Maiam party chief Kamal Haasan. Chennai, June 1 Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday opposed the three-language formula for schools in the state, as stated in the draft national education policy presented by K. Kasturirangan Committee to the central government. S. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, said Hindi should not be imposed in Tamil Nadu. …

#TNAgainstHindiImposition trends on social media as draft education plan reignites Hindi debate
5 years, 7 months ago

#TNAgainstHindiImposition trends on social media as draft education plan reignites Hindi debate

India Today  

A campaign protesting "imposition of Hindi as a mandatory language in schools in non-Hindi speaking states" erupted on Twitter on Saturday. The draft education policy 2019, proposed by Ministry of Human Resources and Development, suggests teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. We respect other languages but we wont accept imposing it on us.We have done it long back and …

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