Sudha Murty on Hindi-imposition row: 'One can learn multiple languages'

Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty

Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty on Wednesday said  she believed that one can learn multiple languages.

On the three-language policy in National Education Policy she said, "I have always believed that one can learn multiple languages ​​and I myself know 7-8 languages..."

She was speaking to reporters outside Parliament.

The Rajya Sabha MP also extended  greetings to people of the nation on Holi eve.  "Holi is the festival of colours, Happy Holi to all the people of the country," she said.

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Murty on Tuesday pitched for conducting new training courses and holding examinations of teachers every three years and even more for those teaching at the primary level. During a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Education, Murty, wife of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, said that teachers play a very important role and the education system will not improve if there are no good teachers.

"Teachers, once they pass the exam, BA, or MA, or even PhD at a college level, they enter into the system and afterwards, there are no exams until they retire. This should not happen. Every three years, they should have a new technique or new knowledge examination should be there. Otherwise, they will not improve," Murty said.

“Excellent school premises, all those things you can do, but if you don't have a good teacher, it is of no use. Teachers play an important role in the education system, not only by their qualification, their methodology of teaching, convincing, becoming friendly, at times strict, many times, you know, very soft. It's an art," she said.

The Rajya Sabha MP said that there are many training sessions but there are no examinations linked to those training sessions. "Every three years, a teacher has to appear for an examination with a different learning technology. Because technology changes. Nothing is free in life except for mother's love. Everything has a price. If you want to be a good teacher, there is a price for that. The price is not money, but good training and an examination for the teachers," Murty said.

NCP-SCP member Fauzia Khan also supported Murty's call for training and conducting examinations of teachers every three years.

She said that there is a huge difference between the words of the government and their actions. Khan said that the National Education Policy vision talks about 6 per cent of GDP as expenditure on education but the government has continuously reduced expenditure of the ministry to 2.5 per cent from 3.8 per cent between 2015-16 and 2025-26. She said no clear funds have been allocated for early childhood education and three lakh schools are ungoverned in the country.