Bhopal: The first ever MBBS course in Hindi was launched in the country today, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Following the launch, from today onwards, students will not only receive technical and medical education in Hindi but will also be able to conduct research in their own language.
“With this beginning, India will move ahead in global research and the intellectual potential of our students will also be placed before the world,” Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said while launching the MBBS course in Hindi.
Shah said this was the day of “renaissance and reconstruction” of the education sector of the country. He announced that today Medical education was commencing in Hindi and soon Engineering studies will also begin in Hindi. He disclosed that the translation of engineering books had commenced in eight languages across the country, and soon students across the Nation will be able to pursue technical and medical education in their mother tongue.
The New Education Policy has laid emphasis on teaching in the mother tongue of students in primary, technical and medical education. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given a call to provide Medical and Engineering education in regional languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, and Bengali. Shah said the Government of Madhya Pradesh led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has become the first to “fulfil Shri Modi’s wish”.
Modi too hailed the commencement of medical education in Hindi at Bhopal. The Prime Minister remarked that the historic move will empower lakhs of students to study medicine in their own language and bring about a positive change in the country. He further added that it will open multiple doors of opportunities for the students.
Shah highlighted “many changes” introduced in technical and medical education. He pointed out that in 2014 there were 387 medical colleges and these have increased to 596, the number of MBBS seats has increased from 51,000 to 79,000. There were 16 IITs which are now 23, there were 13 IIMs which are now 20 and there were nine IIITs which are now 25. In 2014, there were 723 Universities in the country, which have been increased to 1,043, he said.
– global bihari bureau
