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Why is Delhi government opening 15 new language academies in Delhi?
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State governments and educational departments have always been the center of criticism whenever it comes to languages taught in educational institutions, preferences given to certain languages over others, and a chosen language as the medium of instruction.
But this time Manish Sisodia, who is Art, Culture, and Language Department, has brought out a new policy under which Delhi students will be having numerous choices in the languages they want to learn. For this, Delhi government is open8ing 15 new language academies in Delhi.
What’s more special is that no language in these 15 is foreign. All are Indian regional languages –Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Kashmiri, Marwari, Haryanvi, Garwahali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari. This is to promote the usage of Indian languages and the acceptance of the literature in these languages. The policy also acknowledges the fact that Delhi is a diverse city and its embracing of all diverse cultures and languages makes it cosmopolitan.
Delhi, right now has six language academies for Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Sanskrit and Maithili-Bhojpuri. Apart from this, institutions like British Council, Alliance Francais, and various embassies offer language courses in foreign languages. In Delhi University too, there is a department for each all major Indian languages, and a Germanic and Romance Studies Department for four major European languages (Italian, German, Hispanic, and French). Apart from this, DU also has a separate Modern Indian Language departments dedicated to the comparative study of literature in Indian regional languages.
In this scenario, an extra step towards the promotion of indigenous languages is really overwhelming and welcoming. It will prove a positive addition to Delhi’s diverse and cosmopolitan culture and its understanding.
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