PM Modi hails commencement of medical education in Hindi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the commencement of medical education in Hindi and said that the move will empower lakhs of students to study medicine in their own language.
In a tweet in Hindi, PM Modi said: This launch in the field of medical education is going to bring a big positive change in the country. With this, lakhs of students will be able to study in their own language and many doors of opportunities will also open for them.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched India’s first Hindi version of MBBS course books in Bhopal.
“Today is a very important day for the education sector of India. Whenever history will be written in the coming days, this day will be written in golden letters,” he said.
During the event in Bhopal, the Home Minister said, “Through the New Education Policy, PM Modi has given more emphasis to the mother tongue of students. This is a historic decision. Now under Modi Ji you can avail higher education in any language as per your comfort.”
“BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has fulfilled PM Modi’s vision by starting medical education in Hindi for the first time in the country,” Shah further said.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state medical education minister Vishwas Sarang were also present on the occasion.
Chouhan while addressing the event said that this decision has brought a “new dawn” in the lives of poor children.
“Today Amit Shah has brought a new dawn in the lives of children of the poor, who could get admission to medical colleges but were caught in the web of English and many times could not pass exams and left their studies,” CM Chouhan said at the event.
Madhya Pradesh is the country’s first state to start the MBBS course in the Hindi language. Initially, three subjects have been selected to be studied in Hindi which includes Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry.
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