Language And Education: Challenges Of The Three-Language Policy In India
Keywords:
multilingual society, language planning, educationAbstract
India is a multilingual society with 22 official languages and over a thousand other languages. It is influenced by globalisation and liberalisation on one hand and a social thrust for maintenance of regionalism or local culture on the other. Language in education has been widely debated from the formative years of India’s independence. The State Reorganisation Commission divided states on the basis of language as a technique to ease administration. However, the issue of language planning and the necessity of a proper language policy in the field of education perennially exists, given the complexities faced by a multilingual society. The three-language policy was created with a vision to achieve equality of opportunity, linguistic rights for every ethnic group, and ultimately attaining universal education among all citizens. The policy mandates the learning of three languages at the primary education level. This paper examines the provisions of the three-language formula. It attempts to critically analyse the challenges posed by the three-language formula and the failure of its proper implementation across the country. The paper suggests prospective solutions for achieving the goal of promoting and conserving all languages while at the same time, keeping in mind the interests of all the learners with respect to their individual mother tongues, even if they belong to the minority group of a region.
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