Maintaining its opposition to ‘imposition’ of Hindi in the state, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday directed two universities not to implement the UGC circular and said the decision taken by the previous UPA government would not be binding on it.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said the move, amounting to ‘imposing Hindi’, had been initiated during the previous government.
She said the two institutions - Anna University and Alagappa University — had received the circular
on September 16, 2014 where it was stated that Hindi be taught as a primary language along with English in undergraduate courses, besides following it in Law and Commerce streams also.
She said this decision had been taken at the meeting of the Kendriya Hindi
Samiti (National Hindi Council) on 28 July, 2011 under then prime minister Manmohan Singh.
The council then said that students in Gujarat either graduated studying English or Hindi, thus resulting in lack of translation skills in Central departments and UGC had been asked to ensure Hindi was also taught along with English, she said in a statement here.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said the move, amounting to ‘imposing Hindi’, had been initiated during the previous government.
She said the two institutions - Anna University and Alagappa University — had received the circular
on September 16, 2014 where it was stated that Hindi be taught as a primary language along with English in undergraduate courses, besides following it in Law and Commerce streams also.
She said this decision had been taken at the meeting of the Kendriya Hindi
Samiti (National Hindi Council) on 28 July, 2011 under then prime minister Manmohan Singh.
The council then said that students in Gujarat either graduated studying English or Hindi, thus resulting in lack of translation skills in Central departments and UGC had been asked to ensure Hindi was also taught along with English, she said in a statement here.