New Delhi: Gujarat Technological University (GTU) Tuesday is all set to offer four undergraduate engineering programmes in Gujarati medium from this academic session 2022-23.
One of the affiliated colleges of GTU, Gujarat Power Engineering and Research Institute (GPERI) in Mehsana will offer 30 seats in Gujarati for civil, mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering courses from the academic year 2022–2023.
Since its inception in 2011, the GPERI has been offering these four UG courses in English medium.
The decision to offer technical courses in mother tongue has been made in accordance with National Education Policy (NEP 2020) reform recommendations. Last year, a total of 19 institutions from 10 states launched engineering programmes in six regional languages.
Although the university had been trying to launch the engineering courses in mother tongue, it couldn't due to various reasons. However, this year, the varsity has made it official to start this initiative from Mehsana, revealed GTU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Navin Sheth.
According to Prof. Sheth, the decision to start Engineering Courses in regional language was made following numerous meetings and discussions with industry experts from each sector.
For instance, discussion was done after meeting civil engineering specialists like builders and constructors. The meeting for mechanical engineering was also held in a similar manner, he said.
Further, everyone stated that they have no issues with the thought of hiring a candidate who has an engineering degree in Gujarati. Instead, this will be beneficial for the candidates as they will be required to communicate with the workers in their mother tongue, he added.
According to GTU, this will give rural and tribal students access to higher education options and boost the state's gross enrollment percentage for higher education.
Speaking about the decision, K N Kher, registrar of GTU, said that Countries like Japan, China, Germany, and Poland solely offer educational programmes in their native tongues, which students study. However, because of 200 years of British administration, there's a fixation on English in the country which needs to be changed.
In addition, the GTU, will offer diploma programmes in Gujarati. The Polytechnic institutions permit the students to write their answers in Gujarati even if English is the primary language of instruction.
Moreover, the first year's textbooks and study materials have all been translated, Kher said.
Prof. Sarika Srivastava, the GTU coordinator for textbook translation said that nine degree textbooks and eleven diploma textbooks, for a total of 20 textbooks, have been translated, with three of them being printed. The translation of approximately 90 books for the second year is underway.
Meanwhile, GTU has announced that it will host an exhibition of start-up projects on July 21 and 22 at its campus for the first time in partnership with the Ahmedabad Chamber of Commerce Welfare Foundation (ACCWF), the apex regulatory body of agricultural agencies.
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