NEW DELHI: Government of India has directed all school and higher education institutions to provide study material for every course in Indian languages digitally within the next three years.
In a decision aimed at providing students with the opportunity to study in their own language, Centre has decided that study material for all courses under school and higher education will be made available digitally in Indian languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
As per a statement issue by the ministry of education on Friday, “In an order issued by the Ministry of Education today, 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. 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 National Education Policy 2020 has prioritised education in native languages and has also recommended a three-language formula for school education till Class X. The National Curriculum Framework 2023 for school education too stated that till Class X a student need to study three languages of which two should be native Indian language and in Classes XI and XII where study of two languages have been recommended, one of which should be native Indian language.
According to a MoE official, the directions are based on the provisions of the NEP 2020 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.
Content creation in local languages will boost this multilingual asset and pave the way for its better contribution to ‘Viksit Bharat’ to make our country a developed nation by 2047, the statement added.
Centre has already been working in this direction during the past two years, with translation of engineering, medical, law, UG, PG and skill books being done through the Anuvadini AI based App. These books are being made available on the ekumbh portal.
In school education also study material is being made available in multiple Indian languages including over 30 languages on DIKSHA portal and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CUET are being delivered in 12 Indian languages and English.
In a decision aimed at providing students with the opportunity to study in their own language, Centre has decided that study material for all courses under school and higher education will be made available digitally in Indian languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
As per a statement issue by the ministry of education on Friday, “In an order issued by the Ministry of Education today, 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. 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 National Education Policy 2020 has prioritised education in native languages and has also recommended a three-language formula for school education till Class X. The National Curriculum Framework 2023 for school education too stated that till Class X a student need to study three languages of which two should be native Indian language and in Classes XI and XII where study of two languages have been recommended, one of which should be native Indian language.
According to a MoE official, the directions are based on the provisions of the NEP 2020 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.
Content creation in local languages will boost this multilingual asset and pave the way for its better contribution to ‘Viksit Bharat’ to make our country a developed nation by 2047, the statement added.
Centre has already been working in this direction during the past two years, with translation of engineering, medical, law, UG, PG and skill books being done through the Anuvadini AI based App. These books are being made available on the ekumbh portal.
In school education also study material is being made available in multiple Indian languages including over 30 languages on DIKSHA portal and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CUET are being delivered in 12 Indian languages and English.
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