The Assam government is mulling over a multilingual medium of instruction in the primary education level and the introduction of tribal languages for the same, informed Education Minister Ranoj Pegu on December 7.
Multilingual Approach To Be Adopted For Primary Education Level In Assam
Taking to platform X, Ranoj Pegu mentioned that state government is finalising the road map for the introduction of these languages as a medium of instruction in the foundational and preparatory stages of school education.
Textbooks will now be available in tribal languages like Mising, Deuri, Dimasa, Tiwa, and others, Ranoj Pegu said, adding that the textbooks will be provided by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).
“Held a discussion with the linguistic organisations of Mising, Rabha, Tiwa, Deuri, Karbi, Dimasa, Hmar and Garo communities to finalise the road map for the introduction of these languages as medium of instruction in the foundational and preparatory stages of school education. It has been broadly agreed upon to proceed with a multilingual approach so that students can start primary education in their mother tongue and subsequently switch over to regional/English language for secondary school education,” Ranoj Pegu wrote on platform X.
“The meeting deliberated on the roadmap Sahitya Sabhas of Assam on Language Education Strategy at the Foundational Stage as per NEP, 2020, organised by SCERT in Guwahati,” he added.
