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Government of India directs all school and higher education institutions to provide study material for every course in Indian languages digitally within the next three years

in Education January 19, 2024 Comments Off on Government of India directs all school and higher education institutions to provide study material for every course in Indian languages digitally within the next three years 279 Views

Newdelhi:19/1  /24:In a decision aimed at providing students with the opportunity to study in their language, the Government of India 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. 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 concerning state schools and universities.

The above directions emerge from the recommendations of the  National Education Policy for promoting multilingualism in education at every level, so that students get the opportunity to study in their language, and can have better learning outcomes. Studying in one’s language can provide a student with the natural space to think innovatively without any language barrier.

The NEP-2020 strongly conveys the idea that the multilingual nature of Bharat is its huge asset and strength which needs to be utilized efficiently for the socio-cultural, economic, and educational development of the Nation. 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 Government 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-based app. These books are available on the Ekumbh portal. In the school education ecosystem also study material is available in multiple Indian languages including over 30 languages on DIKSHA. Competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CUET are being held in 13 Indian languages.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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