NEW RECRUITS TO STATE SERVICE MUST BE FLUENT IN MALAYALA

NEW RECRUITS TO STATE SERVICE
MUST BE FLUENT IN MALAYALA

The Chief Minister V. S Achuthenandan has stressed the need to ensure that only people well versed in Malayalam are recruited to government service. He said the public service Commission (PSC) could think of amending the rules for the purpose.
Froty years after Malayalam was made the official language in kerala, the objective is yet to be archived . Only 45 percent of the files in the secretariat are written in Malayalam to become the official language. In cases where orders can be issued only in English, there should be Malayalam version also.
The Government was considering a proposal to establish a university dedicated to the study and research of Malayalam and culture. A decision is expected soon. Efforts were on to launch a website for the Malayalam Mission that was started with the objective of making young. Non- Resident Malayalis fluent in their mother tongue. An online training sesion is also under consideration.
Malayalam not taught as part of the syllabus in many schools. Learning the mother tongue and culture is considered out of fashion. It is time for every one to sit up and think about this situation. The mother tongue should be taught as part of the syllabus in kendriya vidyalayas and other school.
Sri A. Jayaprakash, the vice chancellor of kerala University said that the people of the state ignored malayalam in many respects that would affect the overall growth of the state. He called upon the student community to strive for taking malayalam to higher levels because the mother tongue played a vital role in the success of a person. The vice chancellor formally inaugrated the kerala day celebration November I to 6 .
The office of the Ombudsman for local self government institutions has completely adopted malayalam as its official language from November and copies of the verdicts will be issued only in the official language
Ombudsman M.R Hariharam Nair said in a release on Tuesday 3 rs November, 2009 that kerala was the first state to constitute the system which helped the common man to secure justice for a nominal sum of Rs 10/-. The application forms are in malayalam Local self government department offices which answered public queries, also had adopted malayalam as the official language.In order to complement the process, copies of the verdict would be issued only in malayalam
Prof: John Kurakar