- Imposing Hindi will amount to alienation – Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu
- Principal Director clarifies on Hindi row
Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K. Therie said today that Hindi as “compulsory subject” is unacceptable to his party and that “Hindi has been optional but it cannot be forced.”
“Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah said all 8 States in the Northeast have accepted Hindi in the curriculum as a compulsory subject,” he stated. “Inherent language is identity with social connections and relations. We have 32 languages and maybe up to 100s dialects. We are unable to develop and protect our own languages although GOI has provided to protect and develop them even if the language is used only in one village,” Therie further said, and blamed the state government saying that it has “compromised” the spirit of Article 371(A) of the Indian constitution. “Bringing Hindi as a compulsory subject is the last nail to the coffin of identity,” he stated.
Therie further said that 20 years of Neiphiu Rio’s rule in alliance with BJP has changed the “value of Nagaland before the world.” Therie said, in the first place, Rio “shared 20 seats with BJP, gave them 50% of the Cabinet and the lone Rajya Sabha seat to represent Nagaland” and added that Rio has now conceded Hindi language as a “compulsory” subject in the curriculum. “Looking at corrupt money, the 48 regional MLAs are voiceless,” Therie added.
“Perhaps, GOI has already come to know that political issues are no more between GOI and Naga National Workers. It is between GOI and Shri Neiphiu Rio,” Therie said, while further adding that both GoI and the Naga national workers want to implement the “Agreements” but Rio has never given recognition to the “Agreements.”
Therie said that Rio “still wants to continue” even after “corruption and extortion has already finished culture, economy and basic needs,” and asked, “What more can he do to damage and destroy Nagaland? Will he not stop until it is finished?”
Imposing Hindi will amount to alienation – Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu
Meanwhile, president of Naga People’s Front (NPF) Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu in a statement on Sunday opined that the Central government imposing Hindi language on the people who are unfamiliar with it will “amount to alienation which may not certainly be in the interest of the nation.”
Liezietsu also said that there has not been any serious effort on the part of the Central Government towards development of the language, whichever party is in power in Delhi.
“We are not against Hindi. But we cannot agree at the moment to use Hindi as an alternative to English in Nagaland because it is impossible in its totality. This is the ground reality and we do not find any other option at the moment,” he said.
Also read HINDI ROW: RPP demands clarification from Nagaland government
Principal Director clarifies on Hindi row
Kohima, April 11 (MTNews): The Department of School Education (DoSE), Nagaland on April 10 has clarified that the Ministry of Education, Government of India has not issued any instructions for making Hindi compulsory in the Secondary stage and that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 “advocates adopting three language policy up to secondary, but it does not impose any language on states.”
The clarification came amid the row over the statement by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah that all the “eight North East States have agreed to make Hindi compulsory up to Class X.”
It further pointed out that Nagaland follows three language formula up to class VIII and Hindi is offered as a compulsory language subject up to class VIII. “In classes IX & X, students have the liberty to study either Hindi or any Modern Indian Language (Ao/Bengali/Lotha/Sumi/Tenyidie) or Alternative English as the Second Language,” added the clarification issued by the DoSE Principal Director Shanavas C.
“The three languages learned by children will be the choices of States, regions, and of course the students themselves, so long as at least two of the three languages are native to India,” it said, adding that it is clearly stated in the Policy No 4.13 of NEP 2020.
“The timeline for the implementation of NEP 2020 is within 2030 and the Ministry of Education has not issued any instructions for making Hindi compulsory in the Secondary stage,” it added.
Among others, the Policy No 4.13 stated there “will be a greater flexibility in the three-language formula, and no language will be imposed on any State.”