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HP schools to have Punjabi from class I
WSN News

Kahnuwan: In a development likely to gladden the hearts of Punjabis everywhere, the Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh has publicly announced that Punjabi will be introduced in the state education board curriculum from the first standard.

Mr Virbhadra Singh also announced the raising of a community centre at Kahnuwan in memory of Maharana Pratap. The centre will be built at Kahnuwan by the Himachal government.

Mr Virbhadra Singh along with Punjab Minister Mr Pratap Singh Bajwa was here to inaugurate a gate at Kahnuwan raised in the memory of Maharana Pratap. He also laid the foundation stone of a statue of Maharana Pratap at Kahnuwan.

The demand for introduction of Punjabi from the primary level is decades old and the Punjabis have often felt peeved that despite Himachal getting many areas of Punjabi, it never accorded the due respect to Punjabi language.

Mr Virbhadra Singh said farmers of Punjab had played significant role in green revolution and making the country self sufficient in foodgrains. However, now the state needed second green revolution. The Himachal will extend full support to Punjab towards it.

13 December, 2006
 

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