CPI(M) MP urges Education Minister to withdraw compulsory Hindi test in Delhi University

On November 19, in a letter to Education Minister, Rahim said that "Delhi University has directed all undergraduate students who secured admission in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 to compulsorily register for an examination in Hindi.

CPI(M) MP urges Education Minister to withdraw compulsory Hindi test in Delhi University

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI - M) Rajya Sabha member A A Rahim has requested Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to withdraw the Compulsory Test in Hindi (CTH) and give the option of English in Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) at the University of Delhi (DU).

On November 19, in a letter to Education Minister, Rahim said that "Delhi University has directed all undergraduate students who secured admission in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 to compulsorily register for an examination in Hindi. He said the test has been made a mandatory condition for the provision of degrees. In the AECC, where earlier there was the option of English and other ability enhancement subjects, the only choice now available to students of fresh batches is between Hindi and Sanskrit."

“DU is a central university financed by the Government of India where tens of thousands of students from across the length and breadth of this country are pursuing their education. This being the case, the university must be a place of openness and inclusivity and respect the diversity of its student body and not follow exclusionary policies. The act of having a compulsory test in Hindi as a condition for receiving degree is nothing but an exclusionary policy of imposing Hindi,” Rahim stated in the letter.

He further urged the Education Minister to intervene and direct the university authorities to remove the CTH criteria for receiving a degree and reinstate English in the AECC.

“Further, the university should offer optional courses in all the scheduled languages of the country so as to encourage students to learn about the diversity of cultures in our country. These moves would give students from across the country assurance that DU remains an inclusive space and allay fears of the imposition of Hindi,” Rahim said.

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