Lok Sabha Question No. 640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Promotion of Regional Language in Tribal Areas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 640

ANSWERED ON - 24/07/2023

## PROMOTION OF REGIONAL LANGUAGE IN TRIBAL AREAS

## † 640.  SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the efforts being made to promote education in regional language in
- tribal areas; (b)  the  details  of  flagship  schemes  being  implemented  in  tribal  areas  of  Madhya Pradesh; (c)  the details of tribal education centres being established in Madhya Pradesh; and
- (d)  the details of different schemes being run in aspirational districts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (d) : The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 focuses on the promotion of all scheduled and non-scheduled Indian Languages. NEP, 2020 provides, wherever possible, for medium of instruction to be in the home language/mother tongue/local language upto at least class 5 and preferably upto class 8. The policy also provides for making available high quality text books in home language/mother tongue and encouraging  teachers  to  use  bilingual  approach  while  teaching.  Government  of India has taken number of steps for the promotion of Regional Languages in the country  including  tribal  areas.    National  Eligibility  cum  Entrance  Test  has  been conducted  in  13  languages.    Joint  Entrance  Exam  which  was  conducted  in  3 languages earlier is now conducted in 13 languages. Technical education is being imparted  in  certain  All  Indian  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  approved institutions  in  8  regional  languages.  Course  material  including  text  books  and teaching  resource  are  available  on  Digital  Infrastructure  for  Knowledge  Sharing (DIKSHA) portal in 33 Indian Languages.

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides grants to State Tribal Research Institutes for promotion of tribal languages and development of bilingual primers for preservations of tribal  languages.    Further,  under  the  component  'Financial Assistance  for  support  to  Centre  of  Excellence'  of  the  scheme  'Tribal  Research, Information, Education, Communication and Events', financial assistance is provided to reputed institution for carrying out research study programmes including documentation of tribal languages.  Based on the proposal received from the Tribal Research Institutes, financial assistance is provided under the scheme 'Support to Tribal Research  Institutes' to State  Governments  for  organisation  of  literary festivals, translation works and literature competitions.

Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru under the Ministry works for the promotion of all Indian Languages including tribal languages. This includes work  on  a  package  comprising  phonetic  readers,  grammars,  dictionaries,  folk literature, school and adult literacy primers and prepared audio-visual documentations in various tribal areas.

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