Mother Tongue in Early Stages of Education

Source: The Hindu
GS II: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

Overview

1. News in Brief
2. Provisions Related to Education Mother Tongue

Why in the News?

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has instructed all its schools to make use of educational material that will focus on learning in one’s mother tongue and encourage multilingual education.

News in Brief

• The CBSE circular dated May 7 is in line with the National Education Policy 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework 2022, which emphasise teaching and learning in the child’s mother tongue, or regional and local language.
• This decision aligns closely with the goals of the National Education Policy 2020, which aims for a balanced and inclusive education approach.
• One of the main ideas of NEP 2020 is to encourage the use of multiple languages and to start teaching children in their mother tongue or local language during their early years of schooling. N
• EP 2020 recognises that children learn better when they are taught in a language they already know and understand well.

Provisions Related to Education Mother Tongue

Right to Education Act, 2009

• Section 29(f) of Chapter V.
• It states that the medium of instruction shall, as far as practicable, be in the child’s mother tongue.

Constitutional Provisions

• Article 350A of the Constitution, the government must try to ensure that children from linguistic minority groups are educated in their mother tongue.
• Article 29(1) states Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same.

Global Institutions

• According to UNICEF Evidence suggests teaching and learning in the mother tongue builds strong foundations for a child’s cognitive development, improves communication skills, and helps a child to create an emotional connection between the child and their learning environment.
  • Jharkhand government and UNICEF initiated a pilot programme for multilingual education in 259 schools.
  • Odisha’s government, with UNICEF, created ‘Nua Arunima,’ (New Horizons) a mother tongue-based early childhood education curriculum.

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