Should it be mandatory to learn at least 1 provincial dialect?

[Simply_Seema]

Re: Should it be mandatory to learn at least 1 provincial dialect?

@teggy

AsSalaamo Alaikum,

It’s a known fact that we all relate to each other either by culture, or religion, or origin, or language. In current circumstances, wouldn’t it help if Pakistanis took it upon themselves to start an exchange program within the country to learn at least one other provincial dialect? It would bring people closer, would reduce distrust, and shrink the gap that has been widened by opportunistic minded politicians and other persons who benefit from a divided Pakistani society.

I can only speak for myself when I say that if I could, I would love to learn all major sub-languages of Pakistan because it’s how my people talk, and I would want to relate to them all in one more way.

What are your thoughts? Should it become mandatory in schools to learn at least one provincial language? Barring the language of the province, because local body would obviously be familiar with the local language.

Isn’t that the case already? I remember in Karachi Sindhi was mandatory for the matriculation examination so obviously it was taught as a subject in lower grades along with Urdu and English.
Even at university level we used to debate what’s the reason of giving Urdu and English language examination for graduation levels specially for technical education like B.E and M.B.B.S when there is no practical implementation of either of that. Like I have never faced a single instance in my life where I had to provide tashreeh of a Ghalib stanza with complete Seeaq-o-Sabaq. IMO that was totally waste of time when we had other difficult subjects to concentrate on.