AICTE creating database to promote higher education in regional languages: PM Modi
The Hindu
It will help students from rural, low-income families and prevent language-based discrimination, he says
The All India Council of Technical Education is creating a database of resources to allow colleges to offer more programmes in regional languages and developed a tool to translate engineering content into 11 languages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. He was speaking at an event to mark the first anniversary of the National Education Policy, 2020, which placed a strong emphasis on education in the mother tongue. Although there has been little progress on one of the NEP’s most controversial recommendations to teach all children in their mother tongue or home language until Class 5, the first steps have been taken to promote regional languages in technical education. “I am glad that 14 engineering colleges in eight States are going to start engineering studies in five Indian languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bangla,” said Mr. Modi. Teaching in regional languages will offer access to higher education for students from rural, low-income families who are capable of learning, but not fluent in English, said the Prime Minister, adding that this would help prevent language-based discrimination.More Related News