There is a growing interest of young people in learning the Uzbek language in India

    Education 15 March 2024 1668

    At the international festival of foreign languages, organized at one of the central higher educational institutions of India - Jamiya Milliya Islamiya University, it was noted that the interest of the student youth of this country in learning the Uzbek language is increasing.

    Today, Uzbek language courses are available at Jamiya Milliya Islamiya University, Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, located in the capital of India, Dunyo news agency reports.

    Ambassador of Uzbekistan Sardor Rustambayev spoke about the achievements in various aspects of our country's life over the years of independence, including the conditions created for young people to receive modern education, become advanced and competitive specialists of their time, and the scale of international cooperation in this direction.

    The emphasis was placed on fruitful cooperation between Uzbekistan and India in the field of higher education. It was noted that joint work on teaching Uzbek to Indian youth occupies a special place in bilateral academic relations.

    - The history of modern Indology in Uzbekistan dates back almost 80 years, that is, it is associated with the date of India's independence, - says Nilufar Khojayeva, head of the Department of Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies. - Over the past 20 years, the Uzbek language has been studied at Indian universities. Therefore, an urgent task is to comprehensively support Uzbek language courses in this country, providing them with language specialists, textbooks and textbooks. Our university is actively involved in this process. In particular, organizational issues on sending an Uzbek language teacher to Delhi are being resolved today. We also plan to establish joint training for translators.

    The head of the Department of Foreign Languages of the University, Professor Shahid Taslim, drew attention to the great desire of university students to study the Uzbek language, and noted that this is based on the historical ties between the two peoples, the large-scale changes taking place in the life of Uzbekistan in recent years, as well as the dynamic development of Indian-Uzbek relations in various fields.

    Representatives of the Embassy of Uzbekistan and Jamiya Milliya Islamiya University discussed issues related to further expanding the possibilities of Uzbek language courses at this higher educational institution.

    The participants of the international conference warmly welcomed the music program presented by Uzbek youth studying at the Goenka Indian University.