KVPY Exams: Centre To Take Steps For Conduct Of 2022 Exams In As Many Scheduled Languages As Possible, Madras High Court Agrees
Live LawMadras High Court has disposed of a petition for conducting Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana exam, 2021 in all scheduled languages, upon an undertaking by the centre that steps will be taken to conduct the exams in as many languages as possible from 2022 onwards. A solemn undertaking has been given in the affidavit that the computer-based talent search exam will be made available in as many languages as possible, apart from Hindi and English alone, starting next year. On 9th November, Madras High Court allowed the Union of India to conduct KVPY Exam, 2021 in Hindi and English alone, provided that there will be a firm commitment from the part of Union to conduct the exam in all regional languages in the years to come. Therefore, the court disposed off the current petition, noting the following: "In view of the above commitment by the Union to ensure that the talent search contest is conducted in more languages in future years, and that the apparatus therefor would be set up over the next seven to eight months, WP No.16054/ 2021 is disposed of with the observation that this year's edition of the contest may be conducted only in English and Hindi as originally scheduled, but from the 2022 edition, it must be in most of the scheduled languages apart from English and Hindi."