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EDUCATION
ELECTION 2018

A cadre of adult education instructors and managers, implementation of the formula should be provided.
as well as a team of one-on-one tutors will be created The Committee remarked that the implementation
through a newly established National Adult Tutors of the formula needs to be strengthened, particularly
Programme. in Hindi-speaking states. Further, schools in Hindi
speaking areas should also teach Indian languages
TO PROMOTE LANGUAGES from other parts of India for the purpose of national
The Committee observed that a large number of stu- integration. To provide flexibility in the choice of lan-
dents are falling behind since classes in schools are guage, students who wish to change one or more of
being conducted in a language that they do not under- their three languages may do so in grade six or grade
stand. Therefore, it recommended that the medium of seven, subjected to the condition that they are still
instruction must either be the home language/mother able to demonstrate proficiency in three languages in
tongue/local language till grade five, and preferable their modular board examinations.
till grade eight, wherever possible. To promote Indian languages, a National Institute
Introduced by the first National Education Policy, for Pali, Persian and Prakrit will be set up. All higher
the three-language formula stated that state govern- education institutes must recruit high quality faculty
ments should adopt and implement study of a mod- for at least three Indian languages, in addition to the
ern Indian language, preferably one of the southern local Indian language. Further, the mandate of the
languages, apart from Hindi and English in the Hindi- Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology
speaking states, and of Hindi along with the regional will be expanded to include all fields and disciplines to
language and English in the non-Hindi speaking strengthen vocabulary in Indian languages.
states. The draft Policy recommended that this three
language formula be continued and flexibility in the LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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