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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has permitted schools to use Indian languages as the medium of teaching in an effort to encourage multilingual education in India. The board made the decision to preserve the education system in conformity with the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020).
NEP 2020 highlights the enormous cognitive benefits of multilingualism for young learners, especially when they are exposed to various languages from an early age, with a particular emphasis on their native language.
CBSE has issued a notice regarding the same. It reads, “The implementation of multilingual education and the utilization of the mother tongue as a medium of instruction present several challenges including the availability of skilled teachers capable of teaching in multilingual settings, the creation of high-quality multilingual textbooks, and the limited time available, especially in two-shift government schools, as multilingual education demands additional instructional time allocation.”
NCERT has been asked by the Ministry of Education to provide new textbooks in the 22 scheduled Indian languages. The NCERT has prioritized the process so that textbooks in the 22 scheduled languages are available to all students beginning with the forthcoming sessions.
Higher education has already begun planning to create textbooks in Indian languages and to begin the learning-teaching process in these languages in addition to English. It will also decide to investigate Indian languages.
Similarly, textbooks for students studying technical, medical, vocational skills, law, and other subjects would be written in Indian languages.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
CBSE took to its official Twitter handle and tweeted, ” #3yearsofNEP #NEP2020 emphasizes the importance and cognitive benefits of multilingualism for young students. Use of Indian languages as an alternative medium of instructions from primary classes to class 12 has been reiterated in this important circular of CBSE.”
#3yearsofNEP #NEP2020 emphasizes the importance and cognitive benefits of multilingualism for young students. Use of Indian languages as an alternative medium of instructions from primary classes to class 12 has been reiterated in this important circular of CBSE. pic.twitter.com/RZrmrPPMqa
— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) July 21, 2023
Source:IT
