He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given a call to provide medical and engineering education in regional languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the first MBBS course in Hindi in the country today, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Many dignitaries including the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present on the occasion.
In his address, the Union Home Minister said this day is very important for the medical sector in the year of the Azadika Amrit Mahotsav, and will be written in golden letters in times to come. He said this is the day of the renaissance and reconstruction of the Education sector of the country. Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a very historic decision in the New Education Policy, by giving importance to the mother tongue of students in Primary, Technical and Medical education. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given a call to provide medical and engineering education in regional languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali and the Government of Madhya Pradesh led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the first fulfil Modi’s wish.
Shah said in the 21st Century some forces adopted the Brain Drain Theory and today Prime Minister Modi is converting this theory into the Brain Gain Theory. He said today under the leadership of Modi, theNew Education Policy has begun to give importance to our languages. We have begun conducting the JEE, NEET and UGC examinations in 12 languages of the country. Similarly, the Common University Entrance Test is being conducted in 13 languages and 10 states have commenced teaching engineering courses by translating them into Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam and Gujarati.
