Punjab Govt Makes Punjabi Obligatory Topic In All Faculties Amid CBSE Draft Norms Row | India Information
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab authorities on Wednesday stated it has made Punjabi a compulsory topic in all faculties throughout the state, no matter their academic board affiliation, and asserted that training certificates will likely be thought of null and void with out Punjabi as a principal topic. The transfer got here after the AAP authorities accused the BJP-led Centre and the CBSE of dropping Punjabi from the checklist of topics for Class 10 within the new draft norms for biannual board examination format and dubbed it as a “well-planned conspiracy” in opposition to Punjab and Punjabi.
Punjab Training Minister Harjot Singh Bains stated his division has issued a contemporary notification stating that Punjabi will likely be a principal topic in Class 10 within the state and if Punjabi just isn’t a principal topic in any faculty, then the certificates will likely be thought of null and void. This will likely be relevant to all training boards within the state, he added.
Addressing the media right here, Bains slammed the Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) for allegedly dropping Punjabi from the checklist of topics as he referred to its draft examination coverage. “It’s a well-planned conspiracy in opposition to Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat,” he alleged. The minister stated within the CBSE’s draft norms, science, maths, social science, Hindi and English are the principle topics of Class 10. The regional and overseas languages are in a single group whereas the remainder of the themes are within the different group, he stated.
Bains additional claimed that Punjabi was faraway from the regional languages. “It means Punjabi just isn’t the principle topic. The primary regional language has been completed,” he alleged. They (Centre) saved overseas languages like Thai, German, French, and so forth., however they forgot to say Punjabi, he stated. Asserting Punjabi is well-spoken language in lots of states, together with Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal, Bains stated such an vital language has nice tradition and historical past.
“Punjabi isn’t just a language; it’s a image of our wealthy cultural heritage, spoken and cherished by hundreds of thousands throughout the nation,” he stated, including that the present scenario was an try to erase Punjabi from the academic panorama. Bains hit out on the Punjab BJP for terming this concern as a “clerical mistake”.
“They performed with the feelings of Punjab and rubbed salt into the injuries,” he stated. Bains stated he has written to Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, looking for to know what motion it would take for the “clerical mistake”. The minister stated the state authorities issued a contemporary notification with quick impact whereby Punjabi would be the principal topic for Class 10 below any training board within the state.
“If Punjabi is taught with out being the principle topic, then the certificates will likely be thought of null and void,” he stated. Bains additional stated the Punjab authorities will come out with a brand new training coverage. An knowledgeable committee on this regard will likely be shaped, he added. In the meantime, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) additionally strongly opposed the alleged removing of Punjabi from the regional language checklist by the CBSE for tenth and twelfth customary college students and demanded its quick restoration.
In an announcement launched right here, former training minister and senior SAD chief Daljit Singh Cheema stated it was surprising to see that the CBSE working below the Union authorities had “eliminated” Punjabi as a regional language choice for the scholars. He stated that Punjabi had earlier been eliminated as a regional language choice in Jammu and Kashmir additionally.
The SAD chief stated Punjabi is a extensively spoken language within the nation. Cheema stated the removing of Punjabi as a regional language choice amounted to discriminating in opposition to Punjabis settled in numerous states in India.
