"See that your children are properly educated in the rudiments of their mother tongue, and then let them proceed to higher branches of learning."
WITH the Union education minister recommending that the mother tongue must be used as a primary medium of instruction for educating children till eight years, the government is moving towards providing the highest quality education for all children. This is consistent with an equitable, inclusive, and plural society as envisaged by the Constitution.
The recommendation came in the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for the Foundational Stage launched by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan with the aim of providing holistic education in the age group of three to eight.
The NCF, which is the first ever integrated curriculum framework for children between 3 to 8 years, is an important step towards implementation of the principles and goals of language education as envisioned under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. NEP-2020 envisions an education system that contributes directly to transforming India into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society, making it a global knowledge superpower.
The policy envisages that the curriculum and pedagogy of our institutions must develop among students a deep sense of respect towards Fundamental Duties and a conscious awareness of one's roles and responsibilities in a changing world.
One of the key recommendations of the NCF is the use of the mother tongue as a language of instruction for children from preschool to Grades 1 and 2 in both public and private schools. This is based on the premise that children learn concepts most rapidly and deeply in their home language.
This story is from the November 14, 2022 edition of India Legal.
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