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Rubbishing opposition claims that the state authorities is attempting to impose Bengali on college students, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday mentioned a scholar is free to decide on the primary language and the state won’t intrude in it. She mentioned the state cupboard on Monday selected the three-language components and asserted there was no transfer to make Bengali obligatory.
“Some individuals are spreading incorrect data. We selected the three-language components on the cupboard assembly. Underneath the components, mom tongue would be the first language whereas college students could have the choice of selecting the second and third languages. Those that are finding out in Bengali-medium colleges could have Bengali as their first language. For the opposite two languages, they will select from English, Hindi, Nepali, Gurmukhi, Alchiki, amongst others,” Banerjee mentioned.
She was talking at an administrative programme in Jhargram to rejoice the ‘Worldwide Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’.
“Those that are finding out in Alchiki-medium colleges could have their mom tongue as the primary language from the first class. For greater courses, they must select two extra languages which could be Bengali, Hindi and English,” she defined. Alchiki is the official script for Santhali literature & language.
“In Darjeeling, they’ve Nepali-medium colleges and they’ll proceed finding out in Nepali and must choose two extra languages as per their selection. In Rajbongshi-medium colleges, Rajbongshi would be the first language. The opposite two languages could be Bengali, English or Hindi. So, it’s incorrect to say that we’re imposing Bengali language on individuals,” she added. Rajbongshi is spoken in a number of districts of the northern a part of the state.
“We stay in Bengal the place majority of the colleges are Bengali medium. There are English-medium colleges as properly. Those that discuss in Bengali can select Bengali as their first language whereas English, Nepali, Urdu, Alchiki could be their extra language selections,” she added.
The West Bengal authorities’s new training coverage mandates that college students must study three languages in courses 5-8, with Bengali as a precedence language.
Two languages might be taught on the main degree – of which one would be the mom tongue.
College students of courses 5 to eight must study three languages out of which the third one might be a regional one or a overseas language.
In the meantime, speaking concerning the calls for of the Santhali neighborhood, Banerjee mentioned her authorities is engaged on constructing a devoted department within the college training division which might look to advertise sub-regional languages in colleges.
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