[lg policy] India: Impart education in mother tongue, state languages: RSS

[Harold Schiffman]

 Impart education in mother tongue, state languages: RSS
 Last Updated: Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 18:07
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Nagpur: RSS <http://zeenews.india.com/tags/rss.html> on Sunday asked the
BJP-led Union government and those in states to impart education in the mother
tongue <http://zeenews.india.com/tags/mother-tongue.html> of students or
constitutionally recognised state languages, saying those educated in a
foreign language get "alienated" from their culture and tradition.

The Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), RSS' top decision and policy
making body, today adopted a resolution to that effect.

"A student educated in a foreign language gets alienated from his
surroundings, traditions, culture and values of life, at the same time one
also loses his identity, remaining ignorant of ancient knowledge, science
and literature," the resolution said.

It said eminent thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi, Madan Mohan Malviya,
Ravindranath Tagore, B R Ambedkar and S Radhakrishnan and scientists
including C V Raman, P C Ray and J C Bose had said it was both "scientific
and natural" to impart education in the mother tongue.

It also said several commissions like Radhakrishnan Commission and Kothari
Commission had also made such recommendations.

"ABPS calls upon the Union Government and State Governments to review their
present language policies and ensure an effective system to impart
education in mother language or in constitutionally recognised state
languages and simultaneously take initiative for use of Bhartiya languages
in education, administration and delivery of justice," it said.

The resolution said while RSS was "fully supportive" of study of various
languages including foreign languages, it was its considered opinion that
for natural learning and to enrich cultural moorings, education,
particularly elementary education, should be in mother tongue or state
languages.
Ever since the formation of the Narendra Modi government, RSS has been
consistently engaging with it over shaping its education policy, a move
criticised by the Opposition as an attempt to saffronise the education
system.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/impart-education-in-mother-tongue-state-languages-rss_1562029.html

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