" primary education should be imparted only in mothertongue " Speech
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Mother tongue is the language that a person has grown up speaking from his/her early childhood. It is a person’s native language. It is therefore the medium of communication that a person is most familiar with. This familiarity can be used for providing education, though this is not what happens. What we see all around the world is the use of either a major commercial language or a colonial language as the medium of instruction in schools. This has been seen in India also with the share of English as a school language increasing continuously. The students in India therefore have remained aloof from the benefits that come with being educated in their mother tongue. This though now has been taken care of with the help of National Education Policy, 2020
What National Education Policy did and What has it done to the medium of instruction?
The government of India introduced the National Education Policy, 2020 last year. It is the biggest reform in the field of education since the National Education Policy, 1986. The National Education Policy, 2020 tries to bring changes in many areas in education and one of them is the medium of instruction in which education will be provided in primary schools. This policy states that the mother tongue will be the medium of instruction up to class 5 in all schools.
What are the benefits of providing education in the mother tongue?
1. First and foremost it should be noted that a child understands his mother tongue and hence if he/she is instructed in that language itself, his transition to school education is smooth and easy. If a student is made to learn in a foreign language, he/she will not only have to learn to read and write in that language but also learn that language itself, this approach burdens students with learning two incredibly complex concepts at the same time thus resulting in a much slower rate of learning. Even UNESCO has recommended that classes be taught in the community’s mother tongue during the early years of primary school so that students can fully learn to read and write, and during this time they also are introduced to early mathematical concepts and other academic subjects. Even research by Yared Seid which was done by him in Ethiopia and published in Economics of Education Review showed that when children were taught in their primary schools with their mother tongue as the medium of instruction, it did improve their education outcome.
2. A research by Rajathurai Nishanti from Bharathidasan University shows that the mother tongue is vital in framing the thinking and emotions of people. Education is it, therefore, causes the comprehensive development of a child. Learning in ones’ own language will help the student express himself/herself better. This will thus make school learning two ways communication between teacher and students. Understanding the subject matter would boost the confidence of the student and propel him/her to continue with his/her schooling thus lowering the drop-out rate.
3. Educating children in their mother tongue will also build a strong home-school partnership in their learning. Parents will be able to participate in their child’s education and make the experience of learning for the students more wholesome.
4. It will also benefit the primary school teachers as many of them find it difficult to express themselves in English and hence are not able to transfer as much knowledge as they would like to, thus creating a knowledge deficit.
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