LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) The Three-language formula should be implemented.
Name : Shri Rajiv Sidharath, Convenor
Address : Students Coordination Committee
Bhagalpur Uni. Bhagalpur.
Date of Communication : / /
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Sanskrit should be the national language.
2) Nagari lipi should be used for all languages.
Name : Ch. Ramalinga Swamy
Address :
Date of Communication : / /
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Primary education should be in the mother tongue and
admission should be on first come first served basis.
There should be no interview.
2) English or Hindi should be taught from the first stand-
ard while Hindi or English should be taught from the
fifth standard. The option should be left to parents
and school.
3) The medium of examination should be English, Hindi or
the regional language.
4) The medium of instruction in the post SSC classes should
be decided by the Faculty and the State Board of Educa-
tion.
Name : Prof. U Shukla,
Address : Type IV, Block 22, Flat 128,
R C F Colony, Chembur, Bombay
Date of Communication : 14/06/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Hindi should be a compulsory subject upto class X.
Name : Shri Rajesh Kumar
Address : 330, Income Tax Colony,
Uttari Pitam Pura, Delhi -34
Date of Communication : 11/07/90
Category : Other Individual letter
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) Even in the existing policy Sanskrit can be taught
2) The objectives of teaching Sanskrit at the secondary
level should be to create in students capacity to study
various Shastras and to use Sanskrit terminology in
regional and official languages, and fostering cancepts
of world brotherhood and national intergration.
Name : Shri Dev Dutt, Jt. Secretary
Address : Vishva Sanskrit Prathishtanam,
Ram Nagar Fort, Varanasi
Date of Communication : 12/06/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Medium of education at primary level should be mother
tongue.
2) At the secondary stage also medium of education should
be mother tongue.
Name : Shri Satya Narain Rohtagi,
Address : Orgn. Sec. GASTA, 61-BF, 2/2/1
Shankar Gali, Viswas Ngr. DELHI
Date of Communication : \ \ \
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Hindi should be taught from primary classes itself
2) Text books in Hindi should have local touch
3) Hindi Text books in non-Hindi States should be linked
with local language.
4) Bilingual text books in Hindi and local language be also
prepared.
Name : Shri Shripad S Karandikar,
Address : 437 Gaonbhag, Sangli
Maharashtra
Date of Communication : 27/04/90
Category : Other Individual letter
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) Four languages - English, Hindi, Mother tongue and State
Language - be taught in schools.
Name : Shri Sampat D H,
Address : B-10/2/3, CIDCO Colony, New
Panvel, Distt. Raigad.
Date of Communication : 26/05/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) North Indian States should compulsorily provide for
study of one of the South Indian languages and vice-
versa.
Name : Dr. N S Das Bahl,
Address : 114-A Pkt.A DDA FSF Flats,
Sukhdev Vihar, New Delhi
Date of Communication : 22/05/90
Category : Other Individual letter
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) Medium of instruction should be mother tongue and
Hindi/English should be link language. Sanskrit should
be a part of three language formula
2) Medium of instruction in rural education be Hindi and
Regional languages.
Name : Workshop Organised by the
Address : Academic Staff College, Deptt.
of Adult & Contd- (Rajasthan)
Date of Communication : 30 /06/ 90
Category : Seminar Proceeding
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
1) Regional language should be the medium of instruction.
2) Regional language should be the medium of instruction at
all stages of education
3) The three language formula should be implemented in such
a manner that by the end of elementary stage a student
acquires a working knowledge of three languages.
4) For employment at state and national levels, working
knolwdge of Hindi should be esential.
5) In Government offices or States, the State language
alone should strictly be used.
6) A common set of technical terms be evolved for all the
subject areas to be incorporated in the textbooks of all
the national languages.
7) Regional language should be the medium of instruction at
all stages of education.
8) Use of English as medium of instruction should be
banned. English may be taught only as a subject.
Name : Vidya Bharati,
Address : Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Gyan
Pariksha, S Bhavan, Kurukshetra
Date of Communication : 27/07/90
Category : Organisation
1) Regional language should be the medium of instruc-
tion. Use of English as medium of instruction at
elementary stage should be banned.
Name : Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya
Address : Shiksha Sansthan, Saraswati
Kunj, Nirala Ngr, Lucknow
Date of Communication : 28/07/90
Category : Organisation
1) Study of Sanskrit be made compulsory.
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Language in Education
Name : Shri R S Bharadwaj,
Address : General Secretary, Bharitya
Shikshan Mandal, New Delhi
Date of Communication : 12/06/90
Category : Organisation
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