Punjab Government and Punjabi Sahit Academy (PSA) would work in tandem for the promotion of Mother Tongue ‘Punjabi’ and for the implementation of language Act in all the schools of the State, Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister of the State said on Tuesday.
During a meeting with the representatives of the Punjab Sahit Academy here, Cheema also announced grant of `5 lakh to the academy from his discretionary fund.
The Minister said that the Education Department is serious for strict implementation of the language Act and the department has recently conducted surprise raids over all the private schools to check the implementation of language act in true spirit.
Cheema said it has come to the notice of the department that there are 40 such schools who did not implement the provisions of language Act as yet. He said that the management of these schools would be called and asked to abide by the language act.
He asked the Sahit Academy representatives to bring forth the names of such schools who do not implement the language act. During the meeting, renowned Poet Dr. Surjit Patar and President of Academy Sukhdev Singh
Sirsa praised the efforts of Cheema for initiative taken to promote Punjabi languages in the State.
The Minister also informed that the state government during National level meeting on National Education Policy held at New Delhi, has advocated the need for making Punjab language a tool of employment generation.
He said that it was also proposed that the medium of all the National level competitive examination must also be in vernacular languages. “To promote the vocational education and to
facilitate the students opting for vocational education the State Government has already got the syllabus translated into Punjab languages,’’ Cheema added.