Preservation and promotion of Indian languages is crucial for the unity and integrity of nation

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New Delhi, 23rd September(PIB)

Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission organized a national webinar on Strengthening Indian Languages for Holistic Educational Attainment today, as part of the webinar series on Good Governance being held from 17th September 2021 to 7th October 2021. Minister of State for Education Smt. Annapurna Devi was the Chief Guest for the webinar.

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Addressing the inaugural session, Smt. Annapurna Devi talked about the vision of Prime Minister towards Atmanirbhar Bharat. She stressed that the preservation and promotion of Indian languages is crucial for the unity and integrity of the nation. She highlighted that Indian languages have not received their due attention and care, with the country losing over 220 languages in the last 50 years alone. The Minister said that teaching and learning of Indian languages need to be integrated with school and higher education at every level.

Smt Annapurna Devi stated that the National Education Policy will act as a medium of connectivity between local to global by creating an opportunity for teaching-learning in regional dialects and Indian languages. Further, she mentioned that the nation’s development is possible only by strengthening and preserving our Indian languages. Smt Devi emphasized the importance to extend academic and social support to strengthen Indian languages for holistic development of the education sector including learners and teachers.

Shri Amit Khare, Secretary, Higher Education while addressing the webinar touched upon the benefits of learning in our own mother languages such as developing critical thinking, building a better understanding of the knowledge system, etc. Shri Khare elaborated on the role of NEP to revive Indian languages that are being extinct.

Prof. D.P. Singh, Chairman, UGC in his opening address talked about UGC’s initiatives towards building different language centers for promoting Indic languages. He said that we are collectively working on the development of the Institute of Translation & Interpretation all across the country with the implementation of NEP 2020. Further delivering his speech, he also mentioned the key role of NEP in promoting Indian Languages, Multilingual Education, arts, and culture in the country.

The Webinar Strengthening Indian Languages for Holistic Educational Attainment provided a platform for eminent academicians, educationalists, administrators to explore future ways of providing deserving attention and efforts to Indian languages, dialects to the holistic development of the learners.

Prof. Sachhidananda Joshi, Member Secretary, Indian Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in his keynote address urged upon changing our perception of Indian languages. The majority of the knowledge is conceived from the age of 0-6 years and this is a crucial period of educating the young minds in their mother languages, he added. He talked about the linkages between culture and education as the two being inseparable yet independent. He urged to accommodate different words from different languages to enrich our dictionaries and vocabularies.

The technical session was chaired by Prof. Balwant Jani, Chancellor, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar. Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi; Prof. Hanuman Prasad Shukla, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha and Prof. R K.Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University addressed various aspects of Indian languages at the session as experts.

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