Mother Tongue

International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on February 21. The purpose of this day is to promote and save native languages, and bring issues to light on inclusive education

Former Chief Justice of India, Justice N.V. Ramana has said that one should never forget one's mother tongue, but at the same time learning a link language such as English is important

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday greeted people on the International Mother Language Day, and said it is an occasion to make a resolution to connect with the mother tongue and make it more prosperous. Shah also said that when a person makes his mother tongue prosperous, then all the languages of the country become prosperous and the country will also be prosperous. "This is the day to take resolution to connect with our mother tongue and make it more prosperous... We should take a pledge to make maximum use of our mother tongue," he said. The home minister said when a child reads, speaks and thinks in his mother tongue, it enhances his potential to think, reason, analyse and research. Keeping this in mind, the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised on education in mother tongue through the New Education Policy, he said, adding "this will become the basis of India's bright future".

Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stressed that states should promote education in Hindi or regional languages in technical, medical and law fields so that the country can utilise the talent of non-English speaking students. Underlining the importance of education in Hindi and regional languages, Shah said students can develop an original thought process with ease if they study in their mother tongue and this encourages research and innovation. Technical, medical, and law - all should be taught in Hindi and regional languages. All state governments should take initiative to properly translate the curriculum of these three fields of education into regional languages, Shah said in an interview to PTI. Suggesting that education in the mother tongue is easier and faster, Shah said, It will promote the country's talent in higher education. Today we can use only five percent of the country's talent but with this initiative, we would be able to use 100 percent talent

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday emphasised that talent development in science, literature and social sciences can be more effective if taught in one's mother tongue. She was addressing the gathering at National Teachers Awards ceremony where she recalled the contribution of her school teachers due to which she became the first girl from her village to go to college. "Talent development in science, literature and social sciences can be more effective if taught in mother tongue," she said. Murmu also noted that India's school education is counted among the world's largest education systems. She presented the National Awards to Teachers, 2022 to 46 select awardees to honour their unique contribution to school education. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has been organising a function at Vigyan Bhawan on Teachers' Day on September 5 every year to confer the awards to best teachers of the country, selected through a rigorous transparent and online three-stage selection process. Among

He also stressed that the basic primary education must be in mother tongue.

Noting that International Women's Day will be celebrated on March 8, he said Indian women are dispelling old myths and are reaching newer heights from Parliament to Panchayat

NC president, MP Farooq Abdullah said that mother tongue is an underlying component of one's culture and identity, and every effort should be made to protect linguistic diversity of Jammu and Kashmir

CJI N V Ramana presented the Dr Ramineni Foundation's awards to vaccine maker Bharat Biotech's MD Krishna Ella and several others for their meritorious services.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the progress of India is contained in the coordination of mother tongue and official language.

The idea of using the mother tongue as the medium of instruction in primary school is not new to the Indian education system

Children begin to fall behind early in their educational careers, suggesting that children who enter school are not ready to deal with what is expected of them in early grades

It may never be the language spoken in most homes and remain much smaller than mother tongues, but English will continue to have its place as one of two official languages in India, writes T N Ninan

Naidu also commended the foundation for creating a framework to adjudge the creative output in literature of different languages

The VP said language preservation and development needs a multi-pronged approach, adding that it was time to rethink and reinvent language education in the country

Mr Modi has confessed that his wax alter-egos understand him best, in his mother tongue of course, because he can talk at length without being asked fraudulent, Nehruvian questions