Chandigarh:
The Punjab faculty training division has issued a show-cause discover to a non-public faculty in Jalandhar for not educating Punjabi as a obligatory topic, Training Minister Harjot Singh Bains stated on Saturday.
Mr Bains stated it got here to his discover that Punjabi was not being taught as a obligatory topic to college students of the college, in accordance with an official launch.
Taking severe discover of it, he directed the officers of the college training division to challenge a show-cause discover to the college on this regard.
The minister stated the state authorities is dedicated to sustaining the dignity of the language and any disrespect towards it is not going to be tolerated at any value.
In accordance with the notification issued by the Division of Authorized and legislative affairs of the state and the Punjab Act-2008 on the Training of Punjabi and Different Languages, it’s necessary for each faculty within the state to show Punjabi as a obligatory topic from the primary to the tenth commonplace, Mr Bains stated.
He stated the division nonetheless has been receiving complaints relating to the violations of this act by some non-public faculties within the state and stern motion will likely be taken in opposition to all violators.
He appealed to all non-public faculties in Punjab to make sure that the Punjabi topic is taught as a obligatory topic.
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