CENTRAL HINDI DIRECTORATE
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES OFFERED
Objective
The Department of Correspondence Courses, within Central Hindi Directorate was set up in 1968 with an aim to impart knowledge of Hindi through correspondence to the people of non-Hindi speaking Indian states, Indians settled abroad and foreign nationals desirous of learning Hindi.
Courses Offered
The Department of Correspondence Courses of Central Hindi Directorate started an elementary course PRAVESH in the year 1968 with a limited enrolment of 1008 students. The scheme gained tremendous popularity and on the demand of students an advanced course PARICHAYA, subsequent to PRAVESH Course, was commenced in 1973. Apart from these language teaching courses, three more officialese-oriented courses PRABODH, PRAVEEN & PRAGYA were also added in the years 1969,1970 and 1972 respectively to arrange postal coaching for the officials of Central Government including staff working in Public Undertakings and Autonomous Organizations. The PRAVESH & PARICHAYA Courses of two years duration each have now been replaced by Certificate Course and Diploma Course in Hindi, of one year duration each.
A 'Civil Service Course' in Hindi was introduced for teaching Hindi to such graduate candidate hailing from North-Eastern states of India, whose mother tongue is not included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India and who intend to opt for Hindi in the compulsory Indian Language paper in the Civil Services Examination. Besides Certificate and Diploma Courses, an Advance Diploma Course in Hindi was started in the year 2003-2004. Advance Diploma Course in Hindi is intended to provide adequate knowledge of Hindi language and literature.
Consequently, the number of students increased manifold, nearly 10,000 students are on the rolls of the Department every year. The total number of students who have so far benefited from these courses is more than 5.10 lacs.
Medium
The Certificate Course in Hindi and Diploma Course in Hindi are conducted through the medium of English, Tamil, Malyalam and Bangla. Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya, Civil Services Course in Hindi are conducted through the medium of English only. The Advance Diploma Course in Hindi is conducted through the medium of Hindi.
Session
• a. Certificate Course in Hindi, Diploma Course in Hindi and Advance Diploma Course in Hindi are of one year duration each and session commences from July every year.
• b.Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya courses are of one year duration each and the session commences from January every year.
• c.Civil Service Course in Hindi is of one year duration and the session commences from January every year.
Eligibility For Admission
a. Certificate Course in Hindi
(i) (Indians and foreigners residing in India) whose mother tongue is not Hindi and who are above 10 years of age.
(ii) Children of Non-resident Indians (irrespective of their mother tongue) who are above 10 years of age.
b. Diploma Course in Hindi
Besides the eligibility condition as mentioned above, the candidate should have passed the Certificate Course in Hindi of Central Hindi Directorate or the Praveen Course of the Ministry of Home Affairs or should possess requisite language skills.
C. Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya Courses
These courses are only for the employees of Central Government, Public Undertakings, and Autonomous Bodies etc. For these courses, Central Hindi Directorate functions only as a teaching agency. Examinations for these courses are conducted by Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs.
d. Civil Services Course in Hindi
(i) This course is meant for graduate candidates or for those who are studying in the final year of a degree course, who are from the North-Eastern States of India, whose mother tongue is not included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, and who intend to opt for Hindi in the compulsory Indian Language paper in the Civil Services Examination.
(ii) Candidate must belong to one of the following states- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.
e. Advance Diploma Course in Hindi
(i) This Course is meant for Indians and Foreigners residing in India and abroad, whose mother tongue is not Hindi and who are above 15 years of age.
(ii) The candidate should have passed the Diploma Course in Hindi of Central Hindi Directorate or the High School examination with Hindi as a subject.
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Fee
Course
a.Certificate Course in Hindi and Diploma Course in Hindi
Fees
Rs. 50.00 per student, per session US $ 50.00 or £ 30.00 per student, per session or amount equal to US $ in local currency in case of foreign exchange restriction.
b Advance Diploma Course
Fees
Rs. 200.00 per student, per session US $ 200.00 or £120.00 per student per session or amount equal to US $ in local currency in case of foreign exchange restriction
c Civil Service Course in Hindi No Fee charged -
d Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya Courses 1. At the time of admission:Fees
Rs. 50.00 per student, per session.
2. With the submission of examination form- Fee Prabodh-
Rs.100.00 Praveen-Rs.100.00 Pragya- Rs.100.00 -
Mode Of Payment
Fee should be remitted in the form of crossed Indian Postal Order or a Bank Draft drawn on any bank payable at New Delhi in favour of Director, Central Hindi Directorate, Ramakrishna puram, New Delhi-110066. For the candidate residing abroad, the payment may be made through Bank Draft drawn in Favour of The Director Central Hindi Directorate, payable at New Delhi on any authorized Bank in India.
In case an applicant residing abroad finds it difficult to remit fees in hard currency on account of local foreign exchange restriction, he/she is advised to deposit the fees in equivalent local currency with the Indian Mission/Embassy in the country where the candidate is residing and send us the receipt in original along with the application.
Method Of Coaching
Course material for all the courses, consisting of kits of lessons and response sheets is dispatched as per pre-decided schedule. Students are advised to submit attempted response sheets as early as possible. Evaluated response sheets are then returned to the students with grammatical Guide-notes. Last date for submission of response-sheets for Certificate/Diploma/Advance Diploma Course in Hindi is 30th April of every year. Last date for submission of response sheets for Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya Courses is 1st November of every Year.
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Course material - Certificate Course in Hindi
Course material- Diploma Course in Hindi
Course material Advance Diploma Course in Hindi
Personal Contact Programme
In order to make good the absence of class-room teaching and to establish direct contact with the students, Personal Contact Programmes of five to eight days duration are conducted at different places according to the concentration of the students. During these programmes, class-room lectures are arranged and the students are imparted training in speech, pronunciation and conversation with the help of audio-visual aids.
Assessment/ Examination
Examination is held at the end of each course at different centers in India and abroad. Students are awarded internal assessment marks on the basis of performance in their response-sheets and these marks are added to the total marks awarded to them in the final examination.
No examination is held for the students of Civil Service Course in Hindi.
Prizes/ Incentives Etc.
Cash and Book prizes are awarded to meritorious students of Hindi Certificate/ Hindi Diploma/ Advance Hindi Diploma Course on the basis of their examination results. Prabodh/ Praveen/Pragya students are also eligible for prizes, increment and cash incentives from their respective Departments/ Ministries.
Supplementary Educational Material
The Central Hindi Directorate has prepared supplementary educational material under the linguistic and academic system, the details of which are given below:-
Audio- Visual Programmes : CD/DVDs (in Video Format)
The aim of preparation of video programmes is to make a clear, cogent and interesting presentation of grammar points, divergent facets of literature and the latest methodologies for teaching Hindi.
These programmes shall go a long way in helping students to comprehend the Hindi language, literature and culture.
Programmes produced by Department of Correspondence Course, Central Hindi Directorate are being telecast on Gyandarshan Channel of MHRD, Govt. of India.
The Department of Correspondence Course has produced a number of videos. Each CDs/DVDs is a video film approximately of half-an hour duration that lays stress on teaching basic and elementary Hindi expressions, sentence structures and varied grammatical points with an attempt to assimilate flavours of Indian culture in it. This video film will certainly create interest for students of foreign origin as well as non-Hindi speaking Indian students in learning Hindi.
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