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The Gujral Committee Report - Language in India

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English or any other modern European language. Not satisfied with the formula, the Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu(H<strong>in</strong>d) came out with a counter proposal which is as under : (iii)<br />

<strong>The</strong> mother tongue or the regional language (ii) <strong>The</strong> official language of the Union or the associate language of the Union. (iii) A modern <strong>India</strong>n language or foreign language not covered under (i) and (ii) and (i)<br />

than that used as the medium of <strong>in</strong>struction. other<br />

Neither of the two formulae provides a satisfactory solution. <strong>The</strong> Anjuman's proposal to make the mother tongue an alternative to the regional language is not properly conceived. No student would like to give up the regional language. 4.237<br />

West Bengal : It was represented to us that accord<strong>in</strong>g to the modified Three <strong>Language</strong> Formula as earlier accepted <strong>in</strong> West Bengal, it was made possible for a student from a l<strong>in</strong>guistic m<strong>in</strong>ority not to study Bengali. <strong>The</strong> witnesses were not happy 4.238<br />

it and pleaded that the formula should be redesigned so as to enable students with<br />

<strong>in</strong> Urdu medium schools to acquire proficiency <strong>in</strong> Bengali, it) addition to H<strong>in</strong>di and English. <strong>The</strong> study of four languages would accord<strong>in</strong>g to them not be a burden on a such students. <strong>The</strong> State Government has recently modified the Three <strong>Language</strong> stud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

further. 4.239 General: It will be seen that States like Bihar, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and the Union Territory of Delhi have <strong>in</strong>cluded Sanskrit <strong>in</strong> the Three <strong>Language</strong> Formula. Formula<br />

Madhya Pradesh, English is be<strong>in</strong>g offered as an additional subject. In States like In<br />

and Himachal Pradesh all the three languages are compulsory-<strong>in</strong> the former, Punjabi, H<strong>in</strong>di and English and <strong>in</strong>. the latter, H<strong>in</strong>di, Urdu and English. No other option or alternative is provided. Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland have not Punjab<br />

<strong>Language</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> www.language<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>dia.com<br />

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9 : 1 January 2009<br />

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accepted the formula <strong>in</strong> its entirety. In most of the States, the alternative of a modern <strong>India</strong>n language was available on paper but there were no arrangements for the teach<strong>in</strong>g of such language <strong>in</strong> Schools. In States like Andhra Pradesh and Orissa there is an option between H<strong>in</strong>di and the mother tongue, while <strong>in</strong> Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal, the option lies between the mother tongue and the<br />

on Urdu

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