What is the fate of those to be engineers who have chosen to pursue their course in tamil is a milion dollar question. For so long a period the 'tamil friendly' rulers of Tamilnadu tried to implement Tamil as medium of instrution in technical courses.And now they have succeeded in passing a bill at the assembly ensuring preference in government jobs for those who have studied in Tamil. Following this as many as 120 students have joined B.E.(Mechanical and civil engineering) courses at Anna University. They eye at government opportunities following this order. But experts believe that atleast in near future this won't occur that easily. Academicians believe that with Tamil as medium of instruction what students will learn is only like grass hopping and deep learning is not possible as many important journals are in English.Private sector will give jobs only those with good communication skills in English.In countries like Japan, China and Korea where medium of instruction is thier mother tongue what they do is to translate every science material into their language as far as possible. But one thing to remember is that the only one language they have is their mother tongue and its easy to implement the policy of reading in their language.
The situation in India is entirely different. We are having as amny as 16 recognized languages and language is the one which is used tactically to kindle our emotios during elections.Language is like petrol to our vote politics.It is much more than a tool for communication. It reflects our culture,history and tradition. Hence anything against Tamil is seen as against Tamils even if it is good to Tamil society. Do we feel comfortable if we step outside our state? How many opportunities we are losing just because we are not fluent in English? We should hail our mother tongue. No doubt about it. But it should be by other means.There should be no bar in learning other languages and pursuing one's studies in other language. The rulers should ensure that due importance is given to learning Tamil in schools and colleges. By just making Tamil as medium of instruction in technical courses will not serve the purpose. I am of the opinion that literature should find its way into technical course as well. There is no harm in reading Kamban and valluvan in B.E. and M.B.B.S. Let it be in that way.Not that you should read BE and MBBS in Tamil! Whats your point?
trying to study professional courses in tamil is just making a fun on yourself..i dont know how those students take that risk..! this is the age of information and by doing this , they alienate themselves from where the world is heading towards!
ReplyDeletehope somebody tries to stop these rubbish , so that the future of those poor chaps are saved!