Govt to Schools, Colleges: ‘Provide Study Material In Indian Languages’

New Delhi- The Centre has directed schools and higher education institutions to provide study material for all the courses that they offer in Indian languages digitally within the next three years. The decision has been taken to provide students with an opportunity to study in their language.

“The government has directed all school and higher education regulators like UGC, AICTE, NCERT, NIOS, IGNOU and heads of INIs like IITs, CUs and NITs to make study material in Indian languages available for all courses in the next three years,” says the Ministry of Education (MoE) in a statement.

The statement further states, “UGC, AICTE, and the Department of School Education have also been asked to take up the issue with regard to state schools and universities. The above directions have emerged from the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) for promoting multilingualism in education at every level, so that students get the opportunity to study in their own language, and can have better learning outcomes.”

As per the Ministry of Education, the National Education Policy 2020 strongly conveys the idea that the multilingual nature of Bharat is its huge asset and strength which needs to be utilized efficiently for its socio-cultural, economic, and educational development.

The ministry further added, “The government has already been working in this direction during the past two years, with a translation of Engineering, Medical, Law, UG, PG, and Skill books being done through the Anuvadini AI-based App. Competitive exams like JEE, NEET, and CUET are being held in 13 Indian languages.”

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