Free Abstract Algebra curriculum in Urdu and Hindi

[lily42]

I am trying to create a complete college curriculum on abstract algebra in Urdu as there are very few advanced resources for students who want to learn mathematics but are not proficient in English. In South Asia and the Middle East, only privileged people are proficient in English and mathematics should not be gatekept from working class people due to a language barrier.

I would greatly appreciate some feedback if there are any Urdu or Hindi speakers on this subreddit. All videos are Creative Commons licensed and I want them to be free to distribute. If there is an even free-er license like the GNU GPL but for videos I’d like to license them using that.

Thank you, all. Please be kind. I really appreciate your input.

Link to Curriculum

 

[jedishrfu]

A noble cause, but sadly, we are not Reddit, and thus, there are no subreddits here at PF.

Also, since our site is primarily an English-speaking site, you're less likely to find English-speaking Urdu or Hindi speakers versed in abstract algebra here.

Have you considered getting an English book on the subject converted to Urdu?

There's the free open textbook on Abstract Algebra Theory and Practice:

http://abstract.ups.edu/

and a catalog of other related math and science books:

https://textbooks.aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/

One could experiment with an LLM translating small portions of the English text to Urdu or Hindi.

 

[Muu9]

Try here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Indian_Academia/

 

[mathwonk]

not meaning this at all flippantly, but naively, I would guess that learning English may be far more valuable to your target audience than learning abstract algebra.

actually, such courses at least in Hindi, may be already available; is this relevant?:


or this?

 

[WWGD]

not meaning this at all flippantly, but naively, I would guess that learning English may be far more valuable to your target audience than learning abstract algebra.

actually, such courses at least in Hindi, may be already available; is this relevant?:


or this?

From what I've read, public schools in India don't teach English since they're still upset from being colonized. If this is true, they're shooting themselves in the foot.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I would guess that learning English may be far more valuable to your target audience than learning abstract algebra.

Certainly the OP's proposal doesn't solve the problem. A little more than half the Indian population speaks neither Hindi nor Urdu, and a text on abstract algebra in your preferred language doesn't help if you are interested in, say, real analysis.

From what I've read, public schools in India don't teach English since they're still upset from being colonized.

Where did you hear that? Probably nothing is universal in what is likely the largest country in the world, but English as the medium of instruction appears to be quite common.

 

[WWGD]

I may have overstated my case, but I didn't pull it out of nowhere:
https://www.heritagexperiential.org/language-policy-in-indian-schools-a-point-of-view/

 

[Vanadium 50]

It is more difficult for me to read pictures of text than text. But this seems to say English is taught as a secondary language starting in Grade 5. That's well before a student is read for Abstract Algebra.

 

[WWGD]

It is more difficult for me to read pictures of text than text. But this seems to say English is taught as a secondary language starting in Grade 5. That's well before a student is read for Abstract Algebra.

I included the full link on top. The bottom part is an excerpt from the linked material.

 

[Vanadium 50]

But still - it says that English as a 2nd language is taught starting in Grade 5.

It's the 2nd most prevalent language in the country. Certainly more than Urdu. So I fail to see the point of this proposal.