Adhering to the recommendations made in the National Education Policy (NEP), premier institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and National Institute of Technology (NITs) will start offering engineering courses in mother tongue for the academic session 2021-22.
The Union Education Ministry, in a statement, said that the students would get an opportunity to study engineering and other courses offered by these institutes in Hindi and other regional languages.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ which called for modification in educational methods to include imparting lessons in one’s mother tongue as far as possible.
The minister also directed the University Grants Commission to ensure all scholarships, fellowships are disbursed on time and to start a helpline for the same. He also instructed the body to address the grievances of the students immediately.
Union Education Minister @DrRPNishank chaired a high-level review meeting on various schemes and programmes of @eduminofindia today. pic.twitter.com/QGth5hHyZb
— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) November 26, 2020
‘A seminal decision was made to start technical education, especially engineering courses imparting education in mother tongue will be opened from next academic year. A few IITs and NIT are being shortlisted for the same,’ mentioned the statement.
During the meeting, @DrRPNishank directed @ugc_india to ensure all scholarships and fellowships are disbursed in time & start a helpline for the same. He also directed that all the grievances of the students be redressed immediately.
— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) November 26, 2020
On being asked if the plan was only to begin with Hindi, or other languages would be included, a senior official involved in the matter said that other languages would also be promoted. For Hindi, it is learnt that a pilot project is being considered at the IIT-Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
A campaign has also been launched by the ministry to seek views from students, parents & teachers on how and when to conduct the exams next year.
Students|Teachers|ParentsYou might have a lot of concerns & suggestions regarding upcoming competitive & various board exams.Share them with us using #EducationMinisterGoesLive. Union Education Minister @DrRPNishank will be going LIVE soon to interact with you.Stay Tuned! pic.twitter.com/5lWueqp6u8
— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) November 26, 2020
