LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions receive on Language in Education
1) Primary education should be from class I to V. Minimum
age for admission to class I be six years. Medium of
instruction be mother tongue or regional language.
Press and syllabus be uniform. Govt. schools be set-up
at village and colony level.
2) In middle school mother tongue or regional language only
be taught. National language may also be taught but
qualifying in that should not be a pre-condition. At
least one middle school be within 3-4 kilometres of the
Panchayat headquarter
3) In high school classes i.e. IX and X, besides mother
tongue or regional Language, another language of choice
of the student be taught. At least one high school be
provided within 5-7 km. from the tehsil headquarters or
municipality. Vocationalisation should start at high
sch. stage.
Name : Sh. Kalyan Jain
Address : 35, Sneh Nagar, Main Road
Indore
Date of Communication : / / /
Category : VIP letters
1) Medium of instruction at all levels should be
mother tongue/regional language.
2) English should be only an optional subject in
public examinations in standards X and XII and also in
UPSC examinations.
3) Preparation of reading materials in regional
languages should be given high priority.
Name : Prof. Ramlal Parikh
Address : Gujarat Vidyapith,
Ahmedabad - 380 014
Date of Communication : 15/05/90
Category : VIP letters
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) Hindi should be declared National language. It is
not accepted in South, because the leaders themselve
were not following the Policy. Country can progress
only at the medium of instruction is one's own language.
Name : Sh. Devidutt Joshi
Address : Homeopathic Dispensary
Tanakpur (Nainital)
Date of Communication : 10/10/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) First language should be Hindi and second language
should be English. The third language should be from one
of the State languages and should be at the option of
the child concerned. First and second languages should
be started from K.G. and the 3rd language should be
started from 6th class.
2) The medium of instruction in schools should be
Hindi upto 8th class and above 8th, it should be Eng-
lish.
Name : Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta
Address : H.No. 80-81, Mirpur Colony
Pathankot
Date of Communication : 07/02/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Immediate and effective steps be taken to get
three-language formula correctly implemented in all
states to ensure proper integration and educational
development.
Name : Dr. C.M. Bhatia
Address : 8, Vijay Nagar Colony
Agra.
Date of Communication : 23/02/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Medium of higher technical and medical education
should be Hindi instead of English. Present system
adversely affects common masses.
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
Name : Sh. Jagdambi Prasad Yadav
Address :
Date of Communication : 16/02/90
Category : Other individual letter
1) Three-language formula be followed.
2) Medium of teaching in universities be English.
Name : Sh. M.S. Prakash Rao
Address : L6/34, Main Road,
Agrico, Jamshedpur
Date of Communication : / / /
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Marks obtained in languages should not count for
overall merit, nor should study of Languages be compul-
sory.
Name : Sh. Rajesh Kumar Gupta
Address : H.P. Mills Fed Ltd. Totu
Shimla 171 011.
Date of Communication : / / /
Category : Other Individual letter
1) No special language should be prescribed as com-
pulsory for examination. Parents should be given the
freedom of choosing languages for their wards.
2) Medium of instruction will be first language
studied upto primary level.
Name : Sh. A. Vidyanidhi Shastri
Address : Krishak Kutir Gram, Sonuwalia,
P.O. Rajapatti 841 420
Date of Communication : 28/03/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Teaching of languages be given more stress upto class VIII.
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
Name : Sh. S.N. Dhaulakhandi
Address : 73-A, Kalidas Marg,
Dehradun.
Date of Communication : 26/04/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Post-Graduate examinations and professional exami-
nations be conducted in Hindi also.
Name : Sh. B.L. Tholia
Address : Tholia & Company,
Bombay.
Date of Communication : 13/04/90
Category : Other Individual letter
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) Education be provided in mother tongue as students
comprehend better in mother tongue.
Name : Indian Students Association
Address : Delhi
Date of Communication : 23/02/90
Category : Organisation
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