A candidate undergoes thermal screening as he arrives to appear in West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination at an examination centre, in Kolkata, on Saturday, July 17, 2021. PTI
New Delhi, July 17
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has permitted BTech programme in 11 regional languages, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Saturday.
These languages are Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi and Odia.
“AICTE has permitted BTech programs in 11 regional languages. PM Shri @narendramodi is committed to promoting regional languages in mainstream education. NEP stresses on this important aspect to empower students coming from diverse regions,” Pradhan tweeted.
Earlier in the day, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu welcomed the decision of 14 engineering colleges across eight states to offer courses in regional languages in select branches from the new academic year.
“Gratitude to Hon. Vice President for welcoming the decision to offer courses in regional language in engineering colleges,” Pradhan said. PTI
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