The Medical Education Department has started action in compliance with the announcement made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in his message to the people of the state on Republic Day that the course of medical education in the state will be conducted in Hindi.
Medical Education Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang informed that according to Chief Minister Chouhan’s intention, the process of teaching medical courses in Hindi in medical colleges run under the Medical Education Department of the state is going on. In this sequence, instructions have been given to begin it from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal.
Sarang also discussed with subject experts to promote the use of Hindi language in the medical education curriculum and to prepare supplementary books in Hindi for the first year subjects of MBBS. Minister Shri Sarang held discussions with the Vice Chancellor, Registrar of Atal Bihari Hindi University and doctors of AIIMS Bhopal and Gandhi Medical College in the presence of Commissioner Medical Education.
In the first phase, Hindi language will be used more and more by the medical teachers while teaching the course of medical education. Along with this, assessment of first year medical students will be done after study. First, the students of Hindi background will be assessed for reading for 2 months through English medium and for 2 months through Hindi medium.
In the second phase, supplementary reference books of 3 subjects (Anatomy, Physiology and Bio-Chemistry) of first year MBBS will be prepared in Hindi language. Three committees have been formed to complete this action plan.