At some point of time, all of us would have heard an assertion on the learning approach that "Children learn the best in their own language / mother tongue." Countless empirical studies on this subject is available on the domain, including published reports and detailed statistical analysis, with one common persuasive conclusion in most of them - It is indeed better for a student to learn in their own language or mother tongue. In the Indian context, the Consultation Themes on New Education Policy issued in 2015 emphasises on the following in this connection - a. Part XI of Policy Consultation on School Education - Deals with promotion of languages b. Part XIV of Policy Consultation on Higher Education - Deals with promoting cultural integration through languages. My point of interest is the one pertain to school education to begin with. The Higher Education focuses more on cultural integration, rather than medium of education. The Part XI of Policy Consult...
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