Three-language formula not implemented effectively: MHA

August 06, 2014 05:17 pm | Updated 05:17 pm IST - NEW DELHI: Implementation of the Centre’s Three-Language Formula for schools all over the country has been uneven owing to various interpretations of the formula by different States. “In many of the Hindi speaking States Sanskrit became the third language instead of any modern regional language, whereas the non-Hindi speaking State like Tamil Nadu operates through a two-language formula,” said Mr. Rijiju. Listing the reasons for ineffective implementation, Mr. Rijiju said southern States like Puducherry and Tamil Nadu besides Tripura were not ready to teach Hindi and Hindi-speaking States did not include any South Indian language in their school curriculum. It was recommended by the 1968 policy under which the first language to be studied must be the mother tongue or the regional language; the second one in Hindi-speaking States would be some other modern Indian language or English, and in non-Hindi speaking States it would be Hindi or English. The third language in Hindi-speaking States would be English or a modern Indian language not studied as the second language, and in non-Hindi speaking States, it would be English or a modern Indian language not studied as the second language.