The Ministry of Education (MoE) on January 19, 2024, directed all schools and higher education institutions to provide study material for every course in Indian languages digitally within the next 3 years.
The following has been stated:
• 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 3 years. UGC, AICTE and the Department of School Education have also been asked to take up the issue of state schools and universities.
• The NEP-2020 strongly conveys the idea that the multilingual nature of Bharat is its huge asset and strength which needs to be utilized efficiently for the socio-cultural, economic and educational development of the Nation. Content creation in local languages will boost this multilingual asset and pave the way for its better contribution to ‘Viksit Bharat’ to make our country as a developed nation by 2047.
[Press Release ID: 1997882]
