HINDI EDUCATION

Hindi medium schools in problem

 

COOCH BEHAR, Aug. 26: A large number of students, teachers and guardians of different Hindi medium schools took out a protest rally in Cooch Behar town on Tuesday demanding measures for betterment of the existing dismal condition the schools are suffering. They also submitted memorandums containing 14-point charter of demands to the district magistrate Mr RK Sinha and the chairman of district primary school council Md Nuruddin Mian. A gathering was also held in front of the district magistrate's office. Hindi Vikas Manch was the organiser of today's programme.

 

Citing their problems in the memorandum, the secretary of Hindi Vikas Manch, Mr RK Baid demanded filling up of all vacant posts of teachers in the Hindi primary schools. The teachers of Hindi primary schools must have passed school final examination with Hindi as a compulsory subject. He also demanded launching of a Hindi medium teachers training college in Cooch Behar.

 

The teaching and learning materials and reference books provided to the Hindi medium schools must be in Hindi so that they can be optimally used and at least fifteen new Hindi primary schools and three high schools should be launched in this district, the HVM memorandum says. They also demanded upgradation of Hindi high schools to higher secondary schools. In Cooch Behar town, at least two Hindi primary schools should be uplifted to junior high schools and a new Hindi girls' high school should be launched.

 

Mr Baid said that at the lone Hindi higher secondary school in Cooch Behar district (Sree Hindi Vidyalaya) arts and science streams should be added. Presently there exists commerce stream only. The DM and the DPSC chairman heard their problems and demands and assured all possible co-operations to solve the problems, Mr Baid said. []