Experts cry hoarse against Hindi as compulsory subject

This move was made following the recommendations of a Parlimentary panel in this regard getting the President’s nod. Though the HRD Ministry is yet to make any decision yet, educationists in the state feel that it may not be a good idea as it would only add to the stress of the students. 

“The idea may be have been mooted to unify the students across the country through a common language but it might not work for school students. There will be students who will have to start learning the language in Class 8 and they may be way behind their classmates who have been learning Hindi from earlier classes,” points out educationalist Pavittra Aroon, adding, “A student in the sub-urban and rural areas will have to suffer more as they may have to take extra classes for learn

ing Hindi too.” 

As per the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006, Tamil was made a compulsory subject in schools affiliated to various boards including the CBSE. “Students here anyway have to learn Tamil. If Hindi is also made mandatory, then the schools will have to reschedule the time-tables to ensure that the syllabus must be completed. The time table has to be designed in a way that there is a room for a new compulsory language. The easy targets will be subjects like Physical Education and the library period. It will only add to the stress,” says Maalathi Kr, “Founder CEO of Auuro Educational Services” D P Sivasakti Balan, principal of a public school says, “Learning a new language is beneficial but suddenly adding it to a curriculum will be extra work for students. Ideally, the students must be given time, say two to three years, to prepare before they are made to write examinations.”

With the issue of NEET, many parents are thinking about shifting their children from state board to CBSE, so that their children stand a fair chance. A compulsory Hindi language will only put them in an awkward position.