Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday, while addressing Barkatullah University's convocation ceremony, highlighted several educational reforms in Bhopal.
Yadav said that “our turban is a symbol of our culture” and stressed that Madhya Pradesh will impart medical education in the national language. CM said that education is the medium that develops humanity.
"Employment oriented courses are being started in the colleges and universities of the state. Medical college prepared with all the amenities in Jhabua" added CM.
Governor Mangubhai Patel, Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar and other dignitaries were present during the ceremony. On the occasion, 76 students were conferred PhD degrees, while 26 students received gold medals for their outstanding academic performance, including 21 medals awarded on merit basis.
Digitalised answer sheets
Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar said that the answer sheets of higher education will be digitised in Madhya Pradesh. An attempt has been made to stop irregularities during checking of copies.
The scanned copies will be sent to examiners, while originals will remain in the university. In case of disputes, students will also be given access to digital copies to avoid any scope of tampering,” he said. The copies will be evaluated with complete transparency.
Linguistic approach amid language war
The minister also declared that languages of other Indian states will be taught in MP universities. The initiative aims to promote linguistic approach amid ongoing language debates across the country.
He said, "When a child from our state goes to Tamil Nadu, he can communicate with them, if he goes somewhere for business, he can talk to Canada, he can talk in Malayalam in Kerala, he can talk in Telugu in Andhra, if he goes to Maharashtra, he can talk in Marathi."
“Madhya Pradesh will be the state where along with Hindi, all Indian languages will be given due respect,” he said
