Teacher of Delhi Public School Manisha Sharma conducts the workshop. Picture by Bhola Prasad

Jamshedpur, Sept. 4: Our national language has been neglected for long or so believes Srijan Publishers, a Delhi-based publishing house.

They today organised a workshop on “Hindi shikshan ki chunautiya” (Challenges in Hindi education) for the teachers of the steel city and gave them tips on how to make Hindi an interesting subject.

The workshop was conducted at a city hotel which witnessed the participation of over 110 teachers from about 60 schools of the city. Teachers from Loyola, Beldih, Little Flower, Telco School and almost all the Jusco schools took part in the workshop.

Two teachers from Delhi Public School, Noida, and Modern School, New Delhi, had come to conduct the workshop. “The main objective of the workshop was to make teachers aware of the situation of the subject in the schools today. Unlike English, Hindi is not given much attention. There are very few students especially in English medium schools who have taken a special interest in the subject,” said Vishal Ranjan, the senior sales executive of Srijan Publishers.

“Hindi has been taken for granted. Teachers and parents have done little to create interest among the students. Not only did we discuss the problems in teaching the subject but also gave solutions. Opportunities in the field of Hindi language are increasing. So many Hindi news channels have come up. They need good Hindi speaking people,” said Manisha Sharma, a senior teacher of Delhi Public School, Noida.

The workshop also discussed that students do not consider Hindi an upmarket language. “When people want to improve their personality and communication skills, they focus on English. Hardly anybody realises that grooming also requires improving their Hindi,” said Sharma.