Two Jaipur institutes to offer BTech in Hindi from coming session

JAIPUR: In a first, two private engineering colleges have granted permission to run BTech in computer science in Hindi from the coming session. Nationally, only 14 colleges have been granted permission by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to run BTech courses in local languages.
Poornima Institute of Engineering and Technology and Poornima College of Engineering, both based in Jaipur, have been allowed 60 seats each in computer science course. Calling it a matter of pride to be among the 14 colleges, institute director Rahul Sanghi said, “Since majority of the students in Jaipur come from villages, small towns and cities having cleared their schooling in Hindi, they face difficulty in studying higher education in English. The language barrier is also one of the major reasons for dropout of engineering students.”
Shifting from Hindi to English isn’t an easy task. The administration of both the colleges has started training their teachers to translate terminologies into Hindi. Colleges alone run the technical courses in Hindi. Rajasthan Technical University is also leading by example by providing all assistance to its affiliated colleges. “We are designing the syllabus in Hindi to suit the language and also sourcing books on the subjects,” said RA Gupta, vicechancellor, RTU. He added that trend is going to increase in the coming years and its impact would be visible in gross enrolment ration of the state.