One renowned Australian Journalist has compiled a report stating a few changes to be made in the Australian Schools in which he mentioned that the schools and universities should teach Hindi. As the faculty for the institutions, the government could employ skilled Indian migrants, he suggested in the report.

The think tank, Hamish Mc Donald, from Melbourne mentioned that Australia India Institute argues for the inclusion of Hindi in Australia's school curriculum, saying it should be an essential part of the Commonwealth's Asia policy.

Hindi is one of the four priority languages in the government's Asia white paper last year sharing the status with Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian, Hamish said.

He mentioned that the Indian migrants in Australia could meet the demands for faculty at school level. He added that Hindi had a great prospect to grow organically from the existing programs while also mentioning that the need for growth quantitatively is to be emphasized rather than mere numerical growth.

He also suggested that an Australia Bhavan be established in any North Indian city where undergraduate students from Australia could visit and take Hindi courses thereby extending the opportunities for Australian students to spend part of their course at Indian institutions.

If this is implemented soon enough, the status Hindi would enjoy overseas would make India proud.


(AW- Anil)