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1. Article 343(1) of the constitution of India specifies that the entire work of the union Government will be done in Hindi. Incompliance with the constitutional provisions, the task of teaching Hindi to the Central Govt. employees was initiated by the Ministry of Education in July 1952. Subsequently in pursuance of the action taken on the suggestions contained in the President's letter dated the 12th June,1955 addressed to the Minister of Home Affairs, it was decided that the work regarding teaching Hindi to the Central Government Employees be entrusted to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Accordingly, since October1955, Hindi classes under the Hindi Teaching Scheme are being run during office hours under the ages of Ministry of Home Affairs.

OBLIGATORY TRAINING

2. Initially it was optional for the Central Government Employees who run Hindi. Subsequently, as per presidential orders in April, 1960, in – service Hindi Training was made compulsory for all the Central Government Employees (excluding the employees below class III, employees of Industrial establishments and work-charged staff). Simultaneously, training in Hindi Typing and Hindi Stenography was also made comulsory for LDC's/Typists and Stenographists. Since 1974, in addition to the employees of the Ministries of Central Government and its attached and subordinate offices, training in Hindi, Hindi Typing and Hindi Stenography has also been made compulsory for the employees of the corporations, bodies, companies, undertakings, banks etc. owned and controlled by the Central Government. Since February,1993, in– service training has been made compulsory for those employees of Industrial Establishment, who are required to perform desk jobs.

TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS

3. (I) Part-time training under Hindi Teaching Scheme :

Training in Hindi, Hindi Typing and Hindi Stenography under Hindi Teaching Scheme is imparted on part-time basis. Full-time and part-time Centres are set up according to the training needs in those different areas in the country, where the number of Central Government Employees is sufficient and part time centres are set up in those areas where the number of employees yet to be trained is not sufficient . The number of these training centres is increased or decreased according to the requirements. These training centres are mostly located in the buildings of various Ministries/Deptts; Unvertaking etc. It is the responsibility of the regional officers of the Hindi Teaching Scheme to look after these training centres and where the Offices of the regional officers do not exist, this responsibility has been entrusted upon the Senior-Officers of the local offices of the Central Government. These officers are known as officers in over all charge. In order to keep in touch with and to extend co-operation to these officers and keep contact and coordination with the head office, five regional offices have been set up in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Jabalpur for the Northern, Sourthern, Western, Eastern and Central region respectively which function under the control of the Deputy Directors.

At present, 124 full time and 31 part-time centres are being run for training in Hindi Language and 21 full time and 29 part time centres are being run for imparting training in Hindi Typing/Shorthand.

(II) Intensive training under Central Hindi Training Institute/Sub-Institutes :

Keeping in view the fact that the number of Employees yet to be trained in Hindi has been progressively increasing and that it would not be possible to achieve the prescribed target through the existing part time arrangement under the Hindi Teaching Scheme available since 1955, it was felt at all levels that the Supplimentry Arrangements of full time Hindi Teaching was unavoidable. In addition to this in the letter dated 12th June, 1955 written by the President to Ministry of Home Affairs while in revise Hindi Training was made compulsory for employees of the Central Government a suggestion was also given about newly recruit employees. It was therefore felt that newly recruited employees separately imparted intensive Hindi Training so that the policy of the Govt. could be implemented. Hence the Central Hindi Training Institute was set up in Delhi in August, 1985. In order to meet the constantly increasing demand for training and to achieve the prescribed targets within the stipulated time, three sub institutes were set up in Mumbai, Kolkatta and Bangalore in the year, 1988. With a view to enhance the training potential of Central Hindi Training Institute, to more sub institutes were set up at Chennai and hyderabad in the year 1990.

Full-time intensive training in Hindi Language and Hindi Typing and Stenography is provided at Central Hindi Training Institute and its sub-institutes. In addition to these regular training programme workshops and short-term training programmes are also conducted for the employees of various categories. These are under the administrative control of the Director, Central Hindi Training Institute, these UP-Sansthan are run under the supervision of Regional Dy. Director. In sansthan and up-sansthan, the training in Hindi Language is imparted by Assistant Director (Language) and training in Hindi Typing/Stenography is imparted by the Assistant Director (Hindi Typing/Shorthand).

(III) Correspondence Cources of Hindi Language and Hindi Typing conducted under the Central Hindi Training Institute :

For the operational staff and the employees posted in the remote areas of the country, training through Correspondence in Hindi Language and Hindi Typing has been started by the Central Hindi Training Institute, New Delhi in August, 1990 and February 1991 respectively.

NATURE OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES

4. Training in Hindi Language is imparted at three levels. Prabodh is an elementry course, its standard being equivalent to that of Primary School level . Praveen is an Intermediary Course whose standard of Hindi is equivalent to that of Middle School level. Pragya is the final course and its standard of Hindi is equivalent to that of High School level. It is assumed that on completing of Pragya course, as employees acquires working knowledge of Hindi and he can do Official work in Hindi. Afterwards employees have to participate in the workshops to achieve proficiency in Hindi.

5. An examination wing has been set up for conducting examinations after the completion of the training programmes run by Central Hindi Training Institute and Hindi Teaching Scheme. This wing is in operation at New Delhi under the supervision of a Dy.Director. Examination wing conducts 22 examinations for more than eighty thousand trainees (80,000)every year. Earlier, examination results were prepared manually. It used to take long time and there was a delay of 2 to 3 months in declaration of results. Since 1991 most of its work has been decentralised and results are being prepared on computer. Consiquently, now results are being declared within one month after completion of the examination and all the candidates get the results before the next sessions starts. Certificates are also being prepared on computer.

6. Right from the start of the Hindi Teaching Scheme up to 31st December, 2006, the number of employees trained in various training programmes is as under :-

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

7. Central Hindi Training Institute is a subordinate office of the Department of Official Language and the Hindi Teaching Scheme is also under its control. The Director, Central Hindi Traning Institute is the head of the department in respect of Central Hindi Training Institute/Hindi Teaching Scheme. Under Hindi Teaching Scheme training in Hindi language is imparted by Hindi Pradhyapaks and Assistant Directors(Language) have been appointed to supervise their work. Training in Hindi Typing and Hindi Stenography is imparted by Assistant Directors (Typing/Stenography). The officers incharge of the Regional Offices are the Deputy Directors. For the supervision, control and guidance of various Hindi Typing/Stenography units located through out the country, a separate wing under the charge of Jt. Director(Typing/Stenography) has been established at New Delhi. For providing guidance in training programmes from academic point of view, monitoring, maintaining statistics, publication of text-books etc. A separate wing called Hindi Teaching Scheme(Hq.) under the Jt. Director has been established at New Delhi. Under the Central Hindi Training Institute and its sub-institutes the full time intensive training in Hindi and Hindi Typing/Stenography is imparted by the Assistant Directors(Language) and Assistant Directors (Typing/Stenography) respectively.

The number of sanctioned posts under the Central Hindi Training Institute and Hindi Teaching Scheme is as follows :-

S.N. Name of the Region Sanctioned Post

Total 581

IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF CENTRAL HINDI TRAINING INSTITUTE

8. (a.) A hand book(Official Language Training) Introduction has been prepared on the basis of orders related to training issued from time to time by the Department of Official Language, this hand book is in great demand in various Ministries/Departments/Undertakings/Banks and establishments and is proving to be very useful.

(b.) Earlier the teaching instructions in the kits for Hindi Language Correspondence Prabodh course were in English and Hindi only. Now, as per the demand of the regions, these have been made available in Tamil, Telugu, Kannad and Bangla, Malayalam also. Due to this the nomination in correspondence course has considerably improved. In Southern India these kits are also been used for the training of Hindi in various centers of Hindi Teaching Scheme.

(c.) The demand of orders related to Hindi Teaching Scheme has been coming from time to time. Some of these orders have become irrelevant and some of them were the repetition of the subject by compiling the main and important orders, a manual has been prepared and with the approval of the Department of Official Language the same has been sent to the Government of India Press for publication.

(d.) Many of the Hindi Teachers and Assistant Directors appointed in Southern India are from Northern India. To facilitate training audio cassettes for Prabodh course have been prepared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannad and Malayalam and for Praveen course have been prepared in Tamil Malayalam and Kannad language. These cassettes are proved very useful as teaching aid in correspondence course.

(e.) Keeping in view the usage and expansion of Computer in Ministries/Departments, Banks, Undertakings etc. training in Hindi Typing and Hindi Stenography on computers has been started at 21 full time training centers and 1 part time training center (Patna), established throughout the country. Efforts are being made to provide computers at the two full time training centers.

(f.) Setting up language lab in sub-institute under Central Hindi Training Institute : In modern language teaching, speech skill and listening capability have got the first place. Without acquiring this learning of a language remains incomplete. Most of the philologists are also of the opinion that the listening and oratory skills are of greater importance as compared to the skills in reading and writing because proper expression is possible only through the speech and listening skills. To enhance the level of listening and speech skills, the first and the foremost requirement is to understand and learn the language with proper and clear pronunciation of words. But non hindi speaking employees hesitate in speaking and pronouncing in hindi. A teacher alone, with the help of textbooks and black board in the class room cannot fulfill the requirement so easily and efficiently. Therefore, language laboratories consisting of sophisticated electronic equipments have been established by various language institutes etc. To supplement the efforts of the teacher in language teaching with the help of the language lab. The trainees can learn the language and rectify his pronunciation without any hesitation. Keeping this objective in view for providing this facility in the training of Official Language Hindi a language laboratory has been established in Central Hindi Training Sub-institute, Bangalore.

(g.) Offices of Central Government and Undertakings/ Installations under Central Government are located in small and big towns of the country. Due to limited resources it is not possible to establish training centres of Hindi Teaching Scheme in each city and as such it has not been possible to impart training of Hindi Language and Hindi Typing in such cities where training centres of Hindi Teaching Scheme have not been established. A large number of employees yet to be trained are working in these cities. Keeping this in view, a grant-in-aid scheme has been drawn for providing training in Hindi Language, Hindi Typing and Hindi Short-hand by voluntary organisations.

(h.) To enable employees/officers of the Secretariat and important departments of the State Governments to correspond in Hindi with Ministries/Departments of Central Government, it is essential that some employees and officers of State Governments get training in Hindi. Keeping this requirement in view, a scheme has been drawn under which state governments of Southern India and State Governments of North-Eastern States will be eligible to receive grant in aid for imparting training to their employees in Hindi Language, Hindi Typing and Hindi Shorthand.

(i.) Over 50 percent of officers and employees of Central Hindi Training Institute and Hindi Teaching Scheme have been imparted training on computer.

(j.) Results of the Hindi Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya and Hindi Typing/Shorthand examinations which are conducted by the Examination wing of Hindi Teaching Scheme are prepared on computer. About 80,000 trainees participate in these examinations each year.

(i) Preparation of teaching instructions in Bangla and Oriya for the assistance of the trainees of Prabodh correspondence courses.

(ii) Preparation of Audio Cassettes in Telugu and Kannada for trainees of Praveen correspondence course.

(iii) To give training of Language courses of Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya on some centres on computers and arranging examination and declaring results on computers in same centres of Hindi Teaching Scheme, Central Hindi Training Institute and Sub Institute.