Affidavit filed in Supreme Court on Andhra Pradesh move to mandate English as medium of instruction.
The Union Ministry of Education has informed the Supreme Court that it is fully backing a push for “mother tongue” as medium of instruction in schools. The use of “home language” for learning will bridge the gap between the intelligentsia and the masses, it said.
The Ministry said an order was issued on September 10 to academic authorities, including CBSE, NCERT and NCTE, to initiate the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), which was approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2020, to promote “mutlingualism” and use of “home language” as a mode of instruction.
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Impact on children
The Centre’s affidavit came in response to the Supreme Court’s inclination to examine whether imposing English on a…