 LANGUAGES

Shri H.R. Dutt, Research Officer, State Institute of Education, Jammu (25th October, 1990)

- The mother tongue is not always the easiest language for a person. For India a common link language is necessary.

Shri H. Thoi Thoi Singh, Education Minister, Manipur (25th October, 1990)

- Regional languages should be used as media of instruction upto class X.

Shri Hari Kumar Audichya, Education Minister, Rajasthan (25th October, 1990)

- Mother tongue should be used for primary education. It would not be appropriate to use local dialects.

Shri K. Chandrasekharan, Education Minister, Kerala (25th October, 1990)

- Measures should be taken for proper implementation of three- language formula. Even Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas are not implementing this formula.

Dr. V.R. Nagpure, Director, SCERT, Pune (25th October, 1990

- There should be a common script for all languages and that could be Devnagari.

Prof. P.V. Indresan, IIT Delhi, New Delhi (26th October, 1990)

- It is easy for children to learn three languages. A child should be provided opportunities to learn atleast one more language. Learning two languages enables corelatation of expression and thus contributes to intellectual development.

Prof. S.K. Verma, Director, Central institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, (26th October, 1990)

- Language is a very effective component in the entire process of education. Learning more than one language does not necessarily mean that students should acquire the same level of proficiency in all of them. Mother tongue could be the medium of instruction upto the highest level of education; but mother tongue means the effective first language of the child. The child has potential to learn any language provided opportunities are made available. India being a multilingual country the three language formula should be enforced in letter and spirit. However, the choice of the third language should be left to the students. Even more than three languages may be permitted to be taught in the schools. The third language should be taught at the secondary stage (classes IX and X). If the child becomes proficient in languages at the end of the secondary stage then there is no need for further teaching of languages.

Shri Krishnaji, Chairman, Maharishi Institute of Science and Technology, Maharishi Nagar (26th October 1990)

- Education should be provided through mother-tongue. Several psychological, social and educational experiments proved that learning through mother-tongue is deeper, faster and effective.

Prof. Ram Lal G. Parik, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad (26th October, 1990)

- Teaching of mother-tongue has been neglected under three languge formula. We should allow learning of as many languages as possible.

Prof. Suraj Bhan Singh, Chairman, Commission for Scientific & Technical Terminology, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)

- A time-bound and phased programme for media switchover should be suggested.

Dr. C.J. Daswarni, Department of Non-Formal Education, NCERT, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)

- Though mother-tongue should be the medium of education, the mothertongue of each and every child cannot be a medium. All languages are not equal in status. Therefore, the motivation to learn a language differ from language to language and region to region.

Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore (26 Oct. 1990)

- Teaching of languages should be staggered. Mother-tongue should be introduced at the primary level and modern Indian language as a second language from class VI. English should be taught as a third language.

Dr.Jacob Aikara, Department of Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay (26 Oct. 1990)

- English should be given a prominent place as a link language.

Shri Shatrughan Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary, Bihar Madhyamik Shikshan Sangh, Patna (29 Oct. 1990)

- Primary education should be given in the mother-tongue. The three language formula should be implemented. Teachers should be given training and additional allowance for teaching languages of other region.

Prof. A.K. Sharma, Joint Director, NCERT (Views of NCERT) (29 Oct. 1990)

- The Perspective Paper does not say anything about the importance of Hindi as the link language. It also mentions very little about the place of English.

Shri Labh Singh Kadian, President, Haryana Prant Adhyapak Sangh, Panipat (29 OCt. 1990)

- Learning three languages is a burden for the child. The medium of instruction at the primary stage should be mother-tongue. English should not be given priority at this level.

Shri Jitendra Prasad, Treasurer) M.D. University Teachers Association, Rohtak, Haryana (29 Oct. 1990)

- The three language formula should be encouraged. There should be in-built incentives for learning more than one language.

Shri Girwa Singh, All India Democratic Federation, New Delhi (29 Oct. 1990)

- English should be taught from primary classes onwards.

Dr. Shiv Shankar Mishra, Head, P.G. Department of Comm. & Management, Marathwada University, Aurangabad (29 Oct. 1990)

- The three language formula should be implemented.

Dr. John Vallamattam, Editor, Indian Currents, New Delhi (30 Oct. 1990)

- English should not be considered as a foreign language Necessary impetus should be given for its study.

Shri J.P.B. Bhatnagar, Editor, Musalman, Madras (30 Oct. 1990)

- Indian languages should be encouraged and we should not give unnecessary weightage in fluency in English.

Sh. A. Vijay Raghawan, MP, (30th October, 1990)

- Mother tongue should be the medium of instruction.

Shri Shiv Samaddar, Chairman, Academic Council Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardar Shabna and Editor, Educational Technology, (5th Nov.1990)

- Mother-tongue/regional language should be the medium of instruction. English, however, should have its place as a library language. The second and third languages should be introduced at early stages since learning languages is easier at a younger age.

Shri Mohd. Syeed Hameed, Former Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University and presently secretary, Hamdard Education Society, New Delhi (5 Nov. 1990)

- Mother-tongue should be the medium of education at the elementary level. Facilities should be provided to Urdu speakers for education in their mother tonuge. Urdu should be included in the three languages formula.

Smt. Usha Satija, Vice-President, Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal. New Delhi (5 Nov.1990)

- Sanskrit should be taught compulsorly.

Smt. Nirmala Despande, Harijan Sevak Sangh, Delhi. (5 Nov.1990)

- The craze for English should be discouraged.

Shri Mohammed Ashfaque Ahmed, Secretary (Education), Jamat-e-Islami Hind, New Delhi (5 Nov. 1990)

- Provision should be made for Urdu medium schools of various levels.

Shri R.S. Bhardwaj, All India General Secretary, Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal, New Delhi (5th November, 1990)

- Teaching of Sanskrit should be a part of education. The importance of English should be lessened. The teaching of English should also be Indianised.

Shri Natwar Thakkar, Secretary, Nagaland Gandhi Ashram, Chu-chu- Yimlang, Nagaland (5th November, 1990)

- Tribal languages should be used as medium of instruction upto class III and for this textbooks should be developed.

Shri Davendra Sharma, Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Associations of India, New Delhi (6th November, 1990)

- English should continue as link language.

Shri G.N. Saibaba, PGDTE Participant, Central Institute of English and Foreign Language, Hyderabad (7th, November 1990)

- Regional languages should be the medium of instruction at higher level also.

Ms. Suvarna Sen, Council Member, Calcutta University Students' Union, Calcutta (7th November, 1990)

- Mother-tongue should be the medium of instruction at the elementary stage and preferably upto the higher education level.

Shri Pratap Samal, Secretary, All India Democratic Students Organisation, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- English should be taught as a compulsory subject from the primary stage.

Shri Bratin Sengupta, Joint Secretary, Students Federation of India, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- Mother-tongue should be the medium of instruction upto higher education. There is no country in the world where students have to learn three languages in schools.

Shri Harish Tyagi, Convenor, All India Democratic Youth Organisation, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- The medium of education should be mother-tongue from class I. Teaching of English as a link language from early stage of education would also be desirable as most of the books on science, technology and philosophy are available in English language. Learning three languages would not be difficult for a child.

Shri D.K. Saxena, Chief Coordinator, National Coordination Committee of Young Scientists and Research Fellows, AIIMS, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- The medium of instruction should be regional language.

Shri O.P. Kohli, Member, Executive, Akhil- Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, New Delhi, (7th November, 1990)

- English should not be given the undue importance which it is enjoying at all levels of education now.

Shri Sandeep Kale, President, P.G. Students Association, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, (7th November, 1990)

- Teaching of English language should be encouraged.

Shri Anurag Sharma, Office Secretary, All India Democratic Youth Organisation, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- English should not be considered as a foreign language. Language is a medium and not a property of anybody. Hence learning of English should be encouraged.

Shri Ravindra Nath Roy, President, National Council, All India Students' Federation, New Delhi (7th November 1990)

- Mother-tongue should be the medium of instruction. The three language formula should be implemented.

Shri C. Balasubramaniam, Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (7th November, 1990)

- No language should be imposed on any-body. Mother-tongue should be medium of instruction at the primary level but English should be continued as the medium of instruction at higher level.