Language in education: There's power in multilingualism
2 years, 7 months ago

Language in education: There's power in multilingualism

The Hindu  

One important part of the National Educational Policy 2020 focusses on ‘Multilingualism and the power of language’. We need to abandon the elite concept of a ‘pure and standard’ language; all languages are equally systematic and all are equally fluid to be defined as multilinguality. It has now become possible to work with a pedagogy that is rooted in multilinguality, that is, treat the classroom as a space where every student can use her language and reflect over it in addition to ensuring that students gain high levels of proficiency in one or two languages in which materials are currently available. Our education system must ensure high levels of proficiency in such languages as English, Hindi and regional languages of different States, irrespective of whether the so-called three language formula is followed or not. In actual fact, in general, North Indians opted for Sanskrit as a third language whereas South Indians decided to manage with their regional languages and English.

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English education: A case for two-language policy
1 week, 2 days ago

English education: A case for two-language policy

The Hindu  

For decades, “modernisation” in India has often boiled down to minor tweaks dressed up as major reforms — announced with fanfare but seldom pursued with real vigour. A policy that maintains the child’s mother tongue as the bedrock of cultural and conceptual understanding — while guaranteeing proficiency in English — can tackle deep-rooted educational inequalities and unlock India’s unrealised potential …

Shed the myopia, refocus on the relevance of English
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shed the myopia, refocus on the relevance of English

The Hindu  

The aspiration to have their child/children speak in English is a dream that many Indian parents have, recognising its critical role in ensuring better socioeconomic opportunities. Since India’s independence, educational policies such as the National Education Policy 2020, influenced by political ideologies, have aimed to restrict the spread of the English language and diminish its significance across various sectors. The …

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’

The Hindu  

Prof. Purushothama Bilimale, scholar and former head of the Kannada Language Chair of Jawaharlal Nehru University, recently took charge as the chairman of the Kannada Development Authority, a body working for the development of the Kannada language. However, the Minister of School Education and Literacy is encouraging English medium education and approving English medium in government schools. However, if Kannada …

Vernacular Education: How Studying In Own Language Can Enhance Learning Outcomes for Students
8 months ago

Vernacular Education: How Studying In Own Language Can Enhance Learning Outcomes for Students

ABP News  

By Rohit Kumar Gupta Education serves as a powerful equalising force because it is capable of dismantling barriers and fostering opportunities for individuals across diverse backgrounds. The National Testing Agency conducts these exams in 13 languages, including Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Telugu, and this aligns with India's ethos of diversity and inclusion, providing a fair and accessible platform for …

International Mother Languages Day: Importance of taking a multilingual approach to improve learning among students
10 months, 2 weeks ago

International Mother Languages Day: Importance of taking a multilingual approach to improve learning among students

Hindustan Times  

Shivam, a student of Grade 3 in Saint Agastya English Medium school in a remote part of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, sits quietly listening to his teacher read aloud a lesson from the environmental studies book. Considerable research evidence shows that learning through a familiar language that children understand well results in better comprehension and learning in all subjects, …

Year Ender 2023: Major Changes in India's Educational Landscape Under NEP 2020 Implementation
1 year ago

Year Ender 2023: Major Changes in India's Educational Landscape Under NEP 2020 Implementation

News 18  

It is fitting to pause and reflect on the significant developments that have swept across the Indian education landscape this year concerning the National Education Policy 2020 as 2023 comes to an end. Let’s delve into the highlights and major progress that has transformed the educational landscape in India this year: Multilingual Textbooks to Promote Regional Languages One of the …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue, Hindi: Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue, Hindi: Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 13, said that he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The aim of this institute, founded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue as well as Hindi: Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue as well as Hindi: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 13 said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages. Mr. Shah also urged the graduating students to make use of the wealth of knowledge that is available in Sanskrit …

Why cultural and linguistic diversity in education is important | Explained
1 year, 5 months ago

Why cultural and linguistic diversity in education is important | Explained

India Today  

One of the most appealing factors about India is its rich heritage and culture, which makes it a unique country on the planet. The government has already taken a step in this direction, with the Education Ministry recently introducing a positive change of adding the native language as a mode of teaching and learning at school. This has been added …

CBSE’s Progressive Step Towards Multilingual Education: Benefits and Challenges - News18
1 year, 5 months ago

CBSE’s Progressive Step Towards Multilingual Education: Benefits and Challenges - News18

News 18  

It is often said, “The pursuit of knowledge becomes all the more enriching when students can explore it through the lens of their own language.” Acknowledging the multi-linguistic landscape of our country, the Central Board of Secondary Education has issued a compelling directive, urging its affiliated schools to embrace the rich tapestry of Indian languages as the medium of instruction. …

'Even at UN, I speak in Indian language, listeners would...': PM Modi
1 year, 5 months ago

'Even at UN, I speak in Indian language, listeners would...': PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Despite having several prosperous languages in India, we presented them as unprogressive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said at an inaugural event of All India Education Convention at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, marking the third anniversary of the National Education Policy 2020. “What could be more unfortunate than this?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the Akhil Bharatiya …

Use Indian languages to teach: CBSE to schools
1 year, 5 months ago

Use Indian languages to teach: CBSE to schools

Live Mint  

The Central Board of Secondary Education has issued a directive to its affiliated schools to consider the use of Indian languages as optional mediums of instruction to promote multilingual education. CBSE Director, Joseph Emmanuel, highlighted the importance of this initiative and suggested that Indian languages listed in Schedule 8 of the Indian Constitution could be used as mediums of instruction …

International Mother Language Day: Multilingual learning and teaching to preserve diversity and ensure inclusion
1 year, 10 months ago

International Mother Language Day: Multilingual learning and teaching to preserve diversity and ensure inclusion

India Today  

Language is a medium of expression, like the strokes of a painter's brush or the expressions of an artist on stage. Every year, International Mother Language Day is celebrated on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity, and to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of languages to the development of individuals, societies, and cultures. Promoting mother languages while …

Recognising territorial links to languages essential for Indian federalism
2 years, 7 months ago

Recognising territorial links to languages essential for Indian federalism

The Hindu  

Historically, the symbiotic relationship of a language with the idea of a nation has been marked by much contestation across the world since the nineteenth century. At the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee held on April 8, 2022, Home Minister Amit Shah commented that in all the north-eastern States Hindi would be made compulsory until Class 10. …

The debate on the national language
2 years, 8 months ago

The debate on the national language

The Hindu  

The story so far: Remarks by a Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India sparked a controversy recently over the status of the language under the Constitution. The official language issue was hotly debated in the Constituent Assembly, and the provisions relating to it were formulated only after a compromise that English shall continue …

How India’s many languages can be used as an educational resource
2 years, 10 months ago

How India’s many languages can be used as an educational resource

The Hindu  

“We don’t oppose Hindi. Yet, the habit of seeing language diversity as a problem has led successive central governments to try to ‘solve’ it by privileging Hindi — which doesn’t amount to actually teaching it in any effective way. According to the Census of India, 2018, ‘No fewer than 19,500 languages or dialects are spoken in India, as mother tongues, …

Educationists Must Work Towards Developing Content in Indian Languages under NEP, Says Modi
3 years, 10 months ago

Educationists Must Work Towards Developing Content in Indian Languages under NEP, Says Modi

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made a strong pitch for the use of local languages for education, appealing to experts and educationists to work towards ensuring that world-class content is available in Indian languages. He reiterated that the government’s New Education Policy laid stress on local languages to facilitate better learning. He added that the Union Budget 2021-22 gave …

New Education Policy reflects government's commitment towards empowerment of Indian languages: Amit Shah
3 years, 10 months ago

New Education Policy reflects government's commitment towards empowerment of Indian languages: Amit Shah

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi government towards the preservation, development, and empowerment of all Indian languages. In a message on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Shah said the mother tongue is a powerful medium of expression. Importance of Hindi language "Our new education policy …

Medium of instruction and learning: Finding balance with multilingualism
4 years ago

Medium of instruction and learning: Finding balance with multilingualism

India Today  

With 22 official languages and over 19,500 mother tongues, there is no doubt that across India, being multilingual is the norm. Recently, the four-year MultiLiLa project - led by the University of Cambridge working with a consortium of partners in India - explored whether or not children who learn through the medium of a language, which is not the same …

Policy lessons in Tamil Nadu’s language formula
4 years, 4 months ago

Policy lessons in Tamil Nadu’s language formula

The Hindu  

The New Education Policy misses the vital empirical evidence of Tamil Nadu following a language formula that is distinctly at variance with that of Delhi for the past 50 years and yet achieving significant positive social and economic changes. The American example he cited during a parliamentary debate is worth mentioning: “When USA emerged as a nation only 20% of …

Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula
4 years, 5 months ago

Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula

The Hindu  

By rejecting the three-language formula advocated in the National Education Policy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has only reiterated the State’s unwavering position on an emotive and political issue. Opposition from the State had last year forced the Centre to amend the draft NEP and withdraw a proposal to teach Hindi as a third language in schools in …

National Education Policy 2020 | Won’t impose any language, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweets in Tamil
4 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy 2020 | Won’t impose any language, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweets in Tamil

The Hindu  

The Centre will not impose any language on any State through the new National Education Policy 2020, Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on Sunday. Mr. Nishank’s clarification, through a tweet in Tamil, comes in the backdrop of opposition to NEP in Tamil Nadu on the grounds that the policy allegedly imposed Hindi and Sanskrit. In his tweet …

Three-language formula: No language to be imposed on any state, assures HRD Ministry
4 years, 5 months ago

Three-language formula: No language to be imposed on any state, assures HRD Ministry

India Today  

The HRD Ministry or the Ministry of Education has put out a tweet stating that the three-language formula will continue to be implemented in schools “with greater flexibility” but that “no language will be imposed on any state”. It said that the “Constitutional provisions, aspirations of the people, regions, and the Union” would be kept in mind, along with “the …

NEP 2020 makes studies compulsory in regional language upto Class 5, school principals think English is important
4 years, 5 months ago

NEP 2020 makes studies compulsory in regional language upto Class 5, school principals think English is important

India Today  

New Education Policy 2020 encourages students to learn subjects in their mother tongue until the class 5 so as to promote multilingualism, however, this would create a problem for students to read subjects in English medium in higher classes, according to the principals of several schools. As per the new National Education Policy, the medium of instruction until at least …

No language imposition in new education policy, says drafting panel chief
4 years, 5 months ago

No language imposition in new education policy, says drafting panel chief

India Today  

K Kasturirangan, who is the chairperson of the National Education Policy drafting panel, has clarified that no language is being imposed in the new policy. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed India's new National Education Policy 2020, which provides for major reforms in higher education, increased focus on non-academic skills and increased inclusion through language diversity and course fluidity. On …

Hindi push assault on diversity, India’s spirit
5 years, 3 months ago

Hindi push assault on diversity, India’s spirit

Deccan Chronicle  

On Hindi Divas, when Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah gave an impassioned speech about the “need of our country to have one language, so that foreign languages don’t find a place”, one wonders why he use ‘languages’ in plural! Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Jan Sangh, which was the BJP’s predecessor, favoured Hindi but …

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges
5 years, 7 months ago

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges

The Hindu  

True to their well-earned reputation, the people of Tamil Nadu have once again stood up against attempts to ‘promote’ Hindi in non-Hindi States. The three-language formula under the draft National Education Policy, now modified, stipulated mother tongue and English compulsory everywhere till class X, and Hindi in non-Hindi States and non-Hindi languages in Hindi States to be taught. One might …

Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition
5 years, 7 months ago

Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition

The Hindu  

The Centre has moved quickly to defuse a potentially volatile controversy over the charge of Hindi imposition. The reference in the newly unveiled draft National Education Policy to mandatory teaching of Hindi in all States was withdrawn following an outcry from political leaders in Tamil Nadu, a State that is quite sensitive to any hint of ‘Hindi imposition’ by the …

Centre removes mandatory Hindi from draft education policy after TN protests
5 years, 7 months ago

Centre removes mandatory Hindi from draft education policy after TN protests

The Hindu  

The clause recommending mandatory Hindi teaching in all schools was dropped from the draft National Education Policy on Monday, after the Union government faced an intense backlash from Tamil Nadu, as well as protests from some other States. So we thought the other formulation removes any misunderstanding and assuages feelings in the affected States.” Since the original draft was released …

Government respects all languages, no language will be imposed: MEA S Jaishankar on Education Policy draft
5 years, 7 months ago

Government respects all languages, no language will be imposed: MEA S Jaishankar on Education Policy draft

India TV News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sought calm raging sentiments on National Education Policy draft and said that government respects all languages and that no language will be imposed on anybody. In his tweet, he said that the education policy is still in the draft stage and suggestions from people will be obtained and state government will also be consulted before …

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