Not teaching Punjabi as a compulsory subject in its school has cost Amity International School in Mohali’s Sector 79 costly. For, taking strong note of the development, the Punjab Government has directed the School to pay Rs 50,000 fine within five days.
“It came to the notice of the Education Department that Punjabi is not being taught as a compulsory subject by the School and the Director School Education issued a show cause letter to the concerned private school. During the hearing, it came to fore that in violation of the NOC given by the Punjab Government to the private school and the instruction contained in Page 2 Series No. 3 of ‘The Punjab Learning of Punjabi and Other Languages Act 2008’ is being violated,” said the state School Education and Language Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday.
Bains said that Amity International School has been fined Rs 50,000 for the first violation of the conditions as per the rules of ‘The Punjab Learning of Punjabi and Other Languages Amendment Act, 2021’, and the concerned school has been instructed to deposit the penalty amount within five days and submit the report.
At the same time, the Minister made it clear that the Punjab Government will not spare the schools adopting any kind of apathy towards mother tongue language Punjabi and will take strict action against them. He also instructed the rest of the private schools to ensure that Punjabi should be taught as a compulsory subject.