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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has released MBA study materials in Odia language.. On January 21, Darmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister of Education, held a function to introduce the study materials in the regional language.
Sampad Chandra Swain, the minister of state for skill development, technical education, and industries, and Suryabanshi Suraj, the minister of higher education, Odia language, literature, and culture, sports, and youth services, were also in attendance at the launch event. Professor T G Sitharam, the chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Professor Uma Kanjilal, the vice chancellor of IGNOU, and Mrutyunjay Behera, the joint secretary and economic advisor for the Ministry of Education, were present at the release ceremony.
Pradhan praised IGNOU’s efforts to disseminate high-quality higher education throughout the nation, stressed the value of pursuing higher education in one’s mother tongue, and highlighted the development of mother tongue cognitive processes as a scientific phenomena.
He added that learning in one’s mother tongue stimulates creative thinking. He further emphasized that having a strong affection for one’s native tongue does not mean that English or any other language is being undermined. He expressed gratitude to IGNOU and AICTE for the introduction of technical and professional education study materials in various regional languages. He also anticipated that IGNOU would work to provide an increasing number of programs in regional languages, including Odia, in the days ahead.
IGNOU’s efforts to promote higher education across the nation, regardless of caste, creed, geography, gender, or age, were commended by Suryabanshi Suraj. He claimed that IGNOU has a tremendous deal of potential to provide higher education to Odisha’s working class and young, who make up a significant section of the state population.
The part that IGNOU plays in delivering inclusive education to many societal segments was valued by Sampad Chandra Swain. In order to support IGNOU’s efforts to expand education in the State generally and technical education specifically, he extended all assistance and collaboration.
Professor Sitharam went on to say that AICTE has been working to provide study materials in the regional language in accordance with the National Education Policy, 2020, which calls for providing technical education in the area in regional languages. He valued IGNOU’s efforts as a collaborator in this admirable endeavor.
IGNOU’s Faculty of Management Studies Professor Nayantara Padhi expressed gratitude to the management faculty specialists from all around the State of Odisha for creating the MBA study materials in Odia. She also expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Education for its sincere attempts to promote mother tongue higher education.
Source: IE
