{"id":227821,"date":"2023-02-21T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=227821"},"modified":"2023-02-21T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:34:14","slug":"we-should-shed-colonial-legacy-by-creating-content-in-mother-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/we-should-shed-colonial-legacy-by-creating-content-in-mother-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"We should shed colonial legacy by creating content in mother languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cFormer Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu writes: We should shed colonial legacy by creating content in mother languages\u201d<\/strong>published in The Indian Express <\/strong>on 23th February 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS1- Art and Culture<\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>Socio-Cultural development<\/p>\n

News- <\/strong>The article emphasis the need to overhaul the language of education system to make it more inclusive and diverse<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the viewpoint of UNESCO on mother language?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In November 1999, UNESCO<\/strong> declared February 21 as International Mother Language Day<\/strong> in response to the declining state of many languages all over the world.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme, \u201cMultilingual education \u2014 a necessity to transform education,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNESCO states<\/strong>, a monolingual system of education which relies on \u201cproviding education in only one<\/strong> language<\/strong> that is not necessarily shared by all learners may negatively impact learning<\/strong> performance, and the development of socio-emotional and foundational literacy skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are the challenges with colonial era learning?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Even as we Amrit celebrate Azadi ka Mahotsav<\/strong>, to mark 75 years of Independence, we have not been able to shed this colonial legacy of dependence on English.<\/p>\n

Educators and parents continue to accord unquestioned primacy to English and, as a result, the child<\/strong> is compelled to study his or her mother tongue as a \u201csecond\/third language\u201d at school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our emphasis on English has, ironically, made the educational system exclusive and restrictive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While limiting the acquisition of knowledge in technical and professional courses, to a select few, we made it inaccessible to a vast majority of our students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are government initiatives in this regard?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020<\/strong> is a farsighted document which advocates education in one\u2019s mother tongue right from the primary-school level.<\/p>\n

\u00a0AICTE\u2019s<\/strong> landmark decision to permit BTech programmes<\/strong> in 11 native languages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Government is looking forward for employment and job creation<\/strong> in mother languages ex-SSC.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mother tongue as the medium of instruction gives confidence to youth.<\/p>\n

Including mother languages in learning,we can fast-track methods to make quality education more accessible, equitable and inclusive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Thus, steps need to be scaled up at all levels. We must involve all key stakeholders in education \u2014 policymakers, schools, colleges and universities, teachers, regulatory institutions and non-governmental<\/strong> bodies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cFormer Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu writes: We should shed colonial legacy by creating content in mother languages\u201dpublished in The Indian Express on 23th February 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Art and Culture Relevance: Socio-Cultural development News- The article emphasis the need to overhaul the language of education system… Continue reading We should shed colonial legacy by creating content in mother languages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"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":[263,10500],"class_list":["post-227821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704954026},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227821","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}