No instruction from Centre to make Hindi compulsory, says Assam Chief Minister SarmaTalking to media persons, he said, “There is no instruction from Centre to make Hindi learning compulsory. In Assam, Assamese is the mother...
09 Apr, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
NEP's move to teaching in mother tongue could transform learning in IndiaThe National Education Policy, 2020 has advocated, that "wherever possible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferabl...
19 Feb, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Education in mother tongue is an instrument to fight poverty: PMWithout directly referring to the dominance of the English language, the PM pointed out how language has become a barrier for many aspiring...
16 Aug, 2021, 06.28 AM IST
Government analysing student data to offer language flexibility in educationWhile it is clear that the largest proportion of students who applied and appeared in the JEE Main were from the English medium, those who ...
07 Dec, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
SC issues notice on Andhra Pradesh govt's plea to make English as medium of education in its schoolsA bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph sought response of Srinivas Guntipalli on whose plea the Andhra P...
03 Sep, 2020, 09.56 PM IST
New Education Policy envisions imparting 21st century, employability skills: Kasturiranganforward education to the next step.It also has a provision at.
31 Jul, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
No switch in instruction medium from English to regional languages with NEP ’20: HRDBoth the National Education Policy (NEP) and Right to Education Act have made it desirable without making it mandatory, as was the case wit...
31 Jul, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
No language is being imposed in the new National Education Policy: K KasturiranganThe former ISRO Chief who was tasked with drafting the new policy, says "adopting local languages as the medium of instruction till Class 5...
30 Jul, 2020, 10.24 PM IST
Government for making mother tongue medium of instruction in schoolsGovernment today favoured making mother tongue Medium of Instruction (MoI) up to high school even as it underlined the need for promotion o...
21 Apr, 2016, 06.57 PM IST
Mohan Bhagwat bats for mother tongue as medium of learningStating that the mother tongue is the best medium of instruction at the primary school level, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today sought priority...
24 Nov, 2015, 10.46 PM IST
Azim Premji Foundation bats for mother tongue as primary education mediumAzim Premji Foundation has joined a growing chorus of voices that want the mother tongue to be the medium of instruction in elementary educ...
09 Nov, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
English useful but no substitute for mother tongue: Ram NaikI think that the mother tongue, be it Hindi or any other vernacular language, should be the medium of instruction at least up to the second...
21 Jan, 2015, 03.32 PM IST
SC says no imposing mother tongue at primary levelSC ruled that a state government cannot insist that the medium of instruction at the primary level be the mother tongue only.
06 May, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
- Larger bench to decide issue of primary education in mother tongue: Supreme Court
Petitioners contended that the state government order was violative of the Constitution and that the students have the right to choose the ...
05 Jul, 2013, 03.40 PM IST
Poke Me: Why English should not be the medium of instruction in IndiaIndians are firmly convinced that the only way to learn English properly is to learn everything else through English. This is contrary to l...
20 Sep, 2012, 11.03 AM IST
- Make English the medium of instruction; mother tongue can be the second language
Junking English as a medium of education will only push us back. It is the language of commerce, politics and diplomacy.
08 Sep, 2012, 06.16 AM IST
- Lesson for Mulayam: Apex court tells states to teach in English
The Supreme Court frowned upon the imposition of mother-tongue as a compulsory medium of instruction in educational institutions and warned...
22 Jul, 2009, 05.35 AM IST