"We have asked the MCI to give an option to student pursuing MBBS degree course to write their exams in Hindi as long as it is not possible for it to have Hindi as another medium of instruction."
When candidates have an option to take Pre-Medical Test (PMT) in Hindi, they should also be given a similar facility in MBBS exams," university Vice-Chancellor Mohanlal Cheepa told PTI today.
Set up in 2011, the university has been batting for the issue of inclusion of Hindi as a medium of language in MBBS course at medical institutes and has discussed the matter with MCI in the recent past.
"MCI states that they don't have relevant books in Hindi. Therefore, on the occasion of 10th World Hindi Sammelan (held here last week), we along with Hindi Granth Academy collected and displayed 250-300 books (in medical science) to prove that MBBS course can also be taught in Hindi," he said.
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The VC said he had suggested to the MCI that it can teach MBBS in English as long as it is not possible in Hindi, but an option should be provided to candidates to write papers in Hindi.
The report also stated that bright students from Hindi medium, who are selected for institutes like AIIMS, majority of them lag due to the language constraint while some even take extreme step of committing suicide for failing to cope with pressure due to the change in medium of instruction, he said.
To a query, he said that out of nearly 400 medical colleges in the country, 115 are located in the Hindi belt, and added that he is planning to hold a dialogue with vice chancellors on the issue.