Punjab Assembly Seeks Teaching Punjabi Language Compulsory Till Class 10

The Punjab Assembly passed a resolution asking the state government to make teaching Punjabi language compulsory in all schools till Class 10. The unanimously passed resolution also made a recommendation for making the court orders available in the language.

Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi moved the resolution during the Budget session, asking the government to take steps for teaching Punjabi language as a compulsory subject in all government and private institutions of the state till Class 10.  According to a UNO report, Punjabi language was among those 2,000 languages, which would disappear in the next 50 years. 

Presently, the teaching Punjabi language in government schools is compulsory while it is optional in private schools under the CBSE.