Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has expressed severe and deep concern over the neglect in the direction of Punjabi, one of many official languages of Delhi, in Authorities faculties within the nationwide capital.
There was a discount of 17 p.c within the price range allocation for the Punjabi Academy within the present fiscal. (HT Archive)
Disposing of a file on the subject of a standing report submitted by the Punjabi Academy, GNCTD, on the situation of Punjabi Language, Saxena has underlined many shortcomings and requested for an intensive re-examination,in response to the LG Workplace.
The report was put up by the Punjabi Academy, Division of Artwork, Tradition and Language, GNCTD, after a illustration was made by the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Administration Committee (DSGMC) to the LG and had subsequently been forwarded by the LG Secretariat to ACL.
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Observing that the report submitted by the Division is incomplete, inconclusive and doesn’t replicate the entire image with respect to the considerations raised by DSGMC, Saxena has ordered an intensive investigation into the matter, directing the Chief Secretary, to look at the problem with all stakeholders.
The LG has additionally noticed that the ACL Division within the first occasion ought to have sought the small print from these businesses on the present emptiness place of Punjabi lecturers and efforts made to deal with the deficiencies, if any, LG Workplace said in a press launch.
Important considerations, together with a extreme scarcity of Punjabi lecturers in each Delhi authorities and MCD faculties, lowering funding, and so forth. have been raised earlier than the LG by numerous stakeholders prior to now.
Whereas 752 posts of TGT Punjabi and 4 posts of PGT Punjabi are mendacity vacant in Faculties of Schooling Division, GNCTD, Punjabi Academy may spend solely ₹19.99 Crore towards the paltry ₹27.28 Cr allotted to it throughout FY 2023-24, LG Workplace said.
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There was a discount of 17 per cent within the price range allocation for the Punjabi Academy within the present fiscal. Equally, numerous positions for Punjabi Lecturers in MCD faculties additionally stay vacant.
This acute trainer disaster has straight impacted the standard of Punjabi language training, hindering the event of linguistic expertise and cultural understanding amongst college students.
Saxena has additionally noticed that there’s lack of seriousness within the total efforts on the a part of authorities involved in the direction of attaining the goals and aims with which the Punjabi Academy was established, adversely affecting the promotion, propagation and improvement of Punjabi Language, the second official language as per the Delhi Official Language Act, 2000 and its Literature and Tradition in Delhi, mentioned the press launch.
LG Saxena has famous that hole areas could also be recognized and vital corrective measures could also be undertaken in a time sure method, when it comes to extant regulation and pointers, for making certain the fulfilment of statutory obligations in the direction of the Punjabi Language, literature and tradition in Delhi.
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