CHENNAI: Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman observed that medical education in Tamil Nadu should be taught in Tamil language as there was a definite need towards strengthening it.
The minister made these comments in her convocation address at the 35th annual convocation of The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University here.
“I am saying it here in front of Minister of Health in Tamil Nadu (Ma Subramanian). There is definitely a need for strengthening the medical education. We need medical education to be well grounded and I think that can be greatly achieved if medical education can be taught in Tamil (language),” she said.
Medical education, she said, should be taught in Tamil as people of the state love their language. “If it is available in Tamil language, it is better for us. There are possibilities to pursue research work,” she said.
She, however, clarified that she was not against English language. “I have studied here (in Tamil Nadu) and I can say that it will be better for all of us to study in Tamil as there is an opportunity to progress,” she said.
The minister also utilised the occasion to emphasise that the country was in a ‘better position’ to face the Covid-19 surge which was seen in countries like China, Japan and Korea.
