Eros TimesDelhi:EROS TIMES: Delhi Government on Monday, July 15, announced a number of decisions taken for the promotion of Maithili and Bhojpuri.
Addressing a press conference, Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia said, “Maithili will be taught as an optional language in Delhi schools from class 8th to class 12th. Students of Delhi would now be able to learn Maithili as an optional subject like Urdu and Punjabi.”
“The government has decided to arrange free coaching for the students who appear in competitive exams like IAS/civil services with Maithili as an optional subject.
They will get coaching for Maithili for the exams. We have done the experiment with Sanskrit and have got good results.
The Maithili –Bhojpuri academy will arrange for the free coaching for the students, informed the Deputy CM.
He further said, there is no font for Maithili presently. Delhi government has taken a major step to have a font for Maithili.
The government is in touch with Pune based C-DAC for the same.
We will get C-DAC to make Maithili font and then will give it to the users.”
“There was no scheme till now to felicitate those who have contributed richly to the languages – Maithili and Bhojpuri.
Delhi Government has decided to felicitate such people from the field of Maithili & Bhojpuri also on the lines of languages like Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi etc. Now, there would be awards for those who work for Maithili – Bhojpuri arts, culture, journalism, theatre etc.
This list of category:
1. Shikhar Samman Maithili: Lifetime achievement (Rs. 2.5 lakhs)
2. Shikhar Samman Bhojpuri: Lifetime achievement (Rs. 2.5 lakhs)
3. Sahityakaar Samman Maithili (Rs. 1 lakh)
4. Sahityakaar Samman Bhojpuri (Rs. 1 lakh)
5. Art & Culture Award Maithili (Rs. 1 lakh)
6. Art & Culture Award Bhojpuri (Rs. 1 lakh)
7. Journalism Award Maithili (Rs. 1 lakh)
8. Journalism Award Bhojpuri (Rs. 1 lakh)
9. Samalochna Award Maithili (Rs. 1 lakh)
10. Samalochna Award Bhojpuri (Rs. 1 lakh)
11. Translation Award Maithili (Rs. 1 lakh)
12. Translation Award Bhojpuri (Rs. 1 lakh)
The Deputy Chief Minister also said, “A five day Maithili-Bhojpuri festival will be held in the first or second week of November in Connaught Place.
We have already been celebrating language festivals in Connaught Place for the last three-four years. It has always received a good response.”
“Maithili is included in the 8th schedule of constitution, but Bhojpuri is not included. Even if I want to introduce Bhojpuri in schools as an optional language, I can’t. No student can take Bhojpuri in as an optional language in any of the competitive examinations for the same reason.
Even if a MP wants to take oath in Bhojpuri, he/she can’t. The present central government, when it came to power for the first time in 2014, said that it will include Bhojpuri in the 8th schedule. But it is yet to be done.
They are still saying that Bhojpuri will be included. For this, I will write to the centre as the Chairman of the Maithili-Bhojpuri academy to include Bhojpuri in the 8th schedule of the constitution.
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