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The Punjab government is now contemplating making Punjabi compulsory even in CBSE run schools. Earlier, many CBSE schools in Punjab are not teaching Punjabi at all.
The state government is planning to come up with an ordinance, according to education minister Upinderjit Kaur. Upinderjit Kaur, who was a professor at Punjabi university Patiala and is the daughter of the late Akali leader Atma Singh has been widely appreciated for her efforts.
Read the news item in The Indian Express.

Punjabi language to be must for CBSE schools as well’
Express news service
Education Minister Dr Upinderjit Kaur today said that ordinance on making use of Punjabi compulsory at various levels would include the CBSE-affiliated schools as well.
“We are working on a three-language formula. Punjabi will be introduced as a compulsory subject till class X not only in schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board but in CBSE schools also,” she announced.
Dr Upinderjit was today honoured by Baba Farid Foundation International for her efforts to give important status to Punjabi at a function held at Government College for Women.
While addressing the audience, she said that every member of the state legislative Assembly should be credited with giving a lofty status to the language. “It was in 1967 that Punjabi was given the status of the state language but it could never be implemented. March 25, 2008 will go down in history as the day when the representatives hailed the decision of the government.”
Talking to mediapersons, she said all efforts will be made to introduce Punjabi in schools and various departments of the government. Asked about the disinclination of private schools to introduce the language as a compulsory subject, she replied that the state government was prepared to take all the necessary steps to make Punjabi popular.
About the college teachers’ resentment over delay in the implementation of their demands, Dr Upinderjit said she could only appeal the teachers for a dialogue with her.
When quizzed on filling up the vacant posts in schools across the state, she informed that 14,000 posts of teachers and 3,000 posts of computer teachers would be filled soon.