- By Ritesh Kumar
- Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:54 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
The University Grants Commission (UGC) recently issued a letter directing all universities and higher education institutions to begin offering courses in the student's mother tongue or local language.
“The programme to start courses in the mother tongue will be launched in February-March 2024 in collaboration with the Indian Language Committee to train teachers. For this, the UGC has asked all institutions to appoint one teacher each who will be trained as a master trainer. After that, they will train other teachers of the institute,” reads the letter.
“The initiative will increase the gross enrolment ratio (GER) of higher education in the country, which is currently around 25 per cent. The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to increase it to 50 per cent by 2035. At present, a large number of students in the country cannot pursue higher education because of the language barrier,” the letter added.
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In order to ensure that students fully understand the material, the UGC has encouraged all higher education institutions to verify that the study materials are written in the student's mother tongue or local language.