Education
Need pragmatic policy to encourage mother tongue in school: Venkaiah Naidu
Ahmedabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Calling languages as soul of society, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that India should have a pragmatic policy to encourage mother tongues at early stages of school.
Inaugurating two-day International Conference on ‘The Journey of Indian Languages: Perspectives on Culture and Society’, Naidu said : “We should have a pragmatic policy to encourage mother tongue at the early stages of schooling and gradually move on to other languages.”
The program was organised by B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here.
Naidu said that language is the binding thread of human existence and it has been a vehicle, from time immemorial, for communication of thoughts, feelings and ideas.
“Our societies have been built on the recognition of the fact that language is the lifeblood of a culture and building block of civilization. The richness of a culture is evident from the vocabulary, the syntax,” he said.
Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasmaji, Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Anju Sharma, BAOU Vice Chancellor Pankaj Vani, and IGNOU Vice Chancellor Ravindra Kumar were also present during the occasion.
Naidu called for good researches that would aim to cement and enhance India’s tradition of excellent critical, historical, theoretical and creative scholarship across a full range of periods, genres and linguistic research areas.
“Open Universities are making higher education opportunities available to a much larger number of students because they offer flexible schedules enabling learners like women and working population to study anywhere, anytime,” he said.
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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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