Soon, engineering, medical, professional courses in Gujarati

Education Minister Jitubhai Vaghani said the decision to develop study material in Gujarati for the syllabi of engineering, medical and other professional courses has been taken as per the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. 

The Government of Gujarat will constitute a panel to prepare curriculum in Gujarati language for engineering, medical and other professional courses. Education Minister Jitubhai Vaghani said the decision to develop study material in Gujarati language for the syllabi of engineering, medical and other professional courses had been taken as per the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. 

He said, “In Madhya Pradesh, syllabus in mother tongue has been announced and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in today’s cabinet meeting has taken a significant decision… Several faculties, such as engineering, medical, pharmacy, architecture, MBA, MCA, etc., where it (the syllabus) is not in mother tongue, a historic decision has been taken….” 

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The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) provides an honorarium for translating vocational courses to Gujarati medium, and that the state government in its last budget allocated INR 50 lakh for this purpose, Vaghani said, adding that the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has been entrusted with this task. 

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