Need to teach medical education in Tamil: Finance Minister
Medical education does not pertain to doctors, it can be other subjects such as nursing or dentist. If it is available in Tamil language, it is better for us, said Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing the 35th convocation ceremony of The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Dr MGR Medical University. Image via Twitter
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said medical education in Tamil Nadu should be taught in Tamil language. She said this while addressing the 35th convocation ceremony of The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Dr MGR Medical University.
“I am saying it here in front of Minister of Health in Tamil Nadu (Ma Subramanian). There is definitely a need for strengthening the medical education. We need medical education to be well grounded and I think that can be greatly achieved if medical education can be taught in Tamil (language)," she said.
There are opportunities for students to be in a better position if medical and other related subjects are taught in Tamil, the minister said. “Medical education should be taught in Tamil where people of the state love their language. Medical education does not pertain to doctors, it can be other subjects such as nursing or dentist. If it is available in Tamil language, it is better for us. There are possibilities to pursue research work," she said.
The Finance Minister also clarified that she was not against English language. “I have studied here (in Tamil Nadu) and I can say that it will be better for all of us to study in Tamil as there is an opportunity to progress," she said.
“I do not expect that there will be any kind of an opposition from Tamil Nadu since I am saying it in Tamil Nadu and in the presence of Minister for Medical Education," she said.
Appealing to the new graduates, Sitharaman said they should set up hospitals in Tier-II or III locations or even in their respective hometowns. “We need to have hospitals in every location. The Centre provides various welfare schemes like the viability gap funding. Every city should have a hospital," she added.
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