New Delhi: Kirori Mal College (KMC), affiliated to Delhi University (DU), is all set to start separate sections for students, where all the Honours courses will be taught in Hindi. It is an initiative taken to breach the language barrier of North Campus colleges, which is to be implemented form the session commencing in July 2010.
KMC will become the only co-educational institution to offer such an opportunity to those coming from the Hindi medium schools. Initially, the new academic session will see History (Honours) and Political Science (Honours) adopting the new system. Another advantage for these students is that it will allow them to include their Hindi marks instead of English in their best-of-four score. Deepak Pental, DU Vice Chancellor (VC), has said that there is an option for students to attempt their exams in Hindi, then, why are they not given the option of being taught in the same language? He also added that others should also follow KMC's example.
Bhim Sen Singh, KMC Principal, said that after the implementation of the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), the composition of class rooms is fast changing. We now have more students coming from Hindi medium background, for which the need is even stronger than before. Otherwise, north campus is usually considered the hub of students thronging from the best English medium schools with best board results.
