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Punjabi University makes Punjabi must for all streams
WSN Network

PATIALA: Punjabi University has decided to make it mandatory for students of all streams to study and clear Punjabi as a compulsory subject to receive the graduation degree.  Making the announcement, Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh said the language had been made absolutely compulsory for all students, whether they were of commerce, humanities, science or professional courses, from the next academic session.  

As per a report in the Hindustan Times, the V-C said he had also surrendered his power to exempt students from studying Punjabi. "The Vice-Chancellor had been granted extraordinary powers in the university Act to give such exemptions, but I have decided not to exercise these," he added.  

As per the decision, except for foreign students or those from parts of the country where studying Punjabi was not possible, anyone enrolled in undergraduate courses would be required to study Punjabi as a compulsory subject.  

The Vice-Chancellor said a large number of students were given the exemption earlier, which had hampered the cause of development of Punjabi. He said the credits given for the language paper had also been earlier reduced, which had now been restored to the original levels.

The university had also decided to hold a Punjabi conference on its foundation day on April 30. The Vice-Chancellor said the conference would get the views of those working to promote Punjabi in regions of the country where the language was not studied or spoken.

Meanwhile, the university has decided to introduce around 100 professional job oriented full-term diploma and certificate courses, of which 26 would be implemented from the coming session.

5 March 2008
 

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