The Government of India has directed all schools and higher education institutions to provide digital study materials for all Indian language courses within the next three years. In an effort to give students the opportunity to study in their native language, the Centre has decided that study materials for all courses in school and higher education will be made available digitally in Indian languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
As per a statement issue by the ministry of education on Jan 19, “In an order issued by the Ministry of Education today, the government has directed all school and higher education regulators like UGC, AICTE, NCERT, NIOS, IGNOU and heads of INIs like IITs, CUs and NITs to make study material in Indian languages available for all courses in the next three years. UGC, AICTE and the department of school education have also been asked to take up the issue with regard to state schools and universities.”
The National Education Policy 2020 has prioritised education in native languages and has also recommended a three-language formula for school education till Class X. The National Curriculum Framework 2023 for school education too stated that till Class X a student need to study three languages of which two should be native Indian language and in Classes XI and XII where study of two languages have been recommended, one of which should be native Indian language.
