{"id":129088,"date":"2021-08-27T19:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=129088"},"modified":"2021-08-28T17:38:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:08:08","slug":"higher-education-in-regional-languages-wont-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/higher-education-in-regional-languages-wont-be-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher education in regional languages won\u2019t be easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/epaper.livemint.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=278450332d6&amp;imageview=0\">Live Mint<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong>Use of mother tongue in teaching and associated issues<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Need for promoting the use of mother tongue in teaching at higher educational institutions and challenges associated with it.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must Read<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-language-ladder-for-an-education-roadblock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A language ladder for an education roadblock<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Need<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The following reasons indicate that teaching in vernacular is indeed helpful and should be considered.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Substantial demand<\/strong>: A quick check on YouTube reveals a high viewership count for content explaining math and science concepts in Hindi and other Indian languages. This indicates substantial demand for vernacular-language educational material. Several edtech startups have also tapped this market.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Better performance<\/strong>: Performance in science and math, in particular, has been found to be better among students studying in their native language compared to English, other things being equal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Higher motivation<\/strong>: Further, educational psychology literature reports additional benefits of instruction in the native language, including higher attendance and motivation among students and improved parental involvement and support in studies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Can bridge the divide<\/strong>: It can narrow the divide in access to higher education between the marginalized and the privileged.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><strong>Challenges<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Industry placements<\/strong> of graduates trained in regional languages might remain a question mark. For instance, many public sector units accept Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE, conducted in English) scores for entry-level positions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The availability of faculty<\/strong> for regional-medium courses. Given the English-medium legacy of higher education in India, attracting and retaining quality teachers who are willing and able to teach in regional languages would be a challenge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>There are also globalization trends<\/strong> to consider. The NEP encourages the internationalization of education by facilitating the movement of faculty across borders. But regional-medium students may be unable to reap the benefits of knowledge transfers on account of a language barrier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disadvantage at global level<\/strong>: Finally, delivering technical courses in regional languages may prevent students from competing in global labour and education markets, where fluency in English yields a distinct edge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mother tongue plus English approach<\/strong>: We need to Shift from Mother tongue vs English approach to Mother tongue plus English approach. Research has shown that small children quickly grasp new languages, given their <strong>neuroplasticity<\/strong> in early years. Hence, this is an appropriate age to be exposed to a foreign language as a means of communication.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Neuroplasticity means the capacity of brain cells to change in response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality control of initiatives<\/strong>: To counter the challenge of availability of study material in regional language, the AICTE has launched an artificial intelligence-powered tool to translate books, academic journals and videos<strong>.<\/strong> However, quality control of these translations should be given utmost importance. We need further efforts in linguistics and machine learning to serve the cause.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Live Mint Relevance: Use of mother tongue in teaching and associated issues Synopsis: Need for promoting the use of mother tongue in teaching at higher educational institutions and challenges associated with it. Must Read: A language ladder for an education roadblock Need The following reasons indicate that teaching in vernacular is indeed helpful and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/higher-education-in-regional-languages-wont-be-easy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Higher education in regional languages won\u2019t be easy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[231,9387,212,1849,9386],"class_list":["post-129088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-education","tag-education-in-regional-language","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-higher-education","tag-language-related-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}