Sibal for Urdu teaching in schools across country
Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said that Urdu will be introduced as a subject at school-level across the country as it is not a language of Muslims only but a language of the whole country.
He underlined the need to create employment opportunities for those studying Urdu.
Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Urdu department of the Delhi University, Mr Sibal said, “We are making a plan to accommodate Urdu language in school syllabus all over the country. Urdu was born in Delhi but it is spoken widely in West Bengal, Ajmer, Hyderabad and Kerala. It is a part of our culture.”
He further said, “Urdu connects a human being with the divine. Teaching and translation is done extensively in Urdu but not much research has been done in it. We have to create employment opportunities for experts in Urdu so that more and more students get attracted to it.”
Minister of state for communications and technology Sachin Pilot was the chief guest for the occasion.
Using the opportunity, vice-chancellor Prof. Dinesh Singh who is himself proficient in Urdu and an Urdu lover, addressed the students in Urdu and the students gave three cheers for it and went applauded him.
He said he is aggrieved by the fact that as much as Urdu has a hold over him, he doesn’t have an equal hold over his beloved language.
“Urdu has shown us the path of freedom during the war of independence and is above all Indian languages. Every child should learn this language,” he said.
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