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fr. Louis xavier, national secretary, jesuit educational association of india, sterling road, nungambakkam, madras (9.11.1990)

- while efforts should be made to promote the adoption of the mother tongue/regional language as the medium of instruction at all levels, innovative and efficient methods of teaching the english language are to be tried out at different levels taking into account the heterogeneous ability levels of learners in different parts of the country.

Shri shiv samaddar, former steel secretary and member upsc, k-1997 chittaranjan park, new delhi-110019 (5th november, 1990)

- the mother-tongue and regional languages should be effectively used as medium of learning. English should continue to remain as the library language.

Shri s.s. Gokhale, secretary, faculty association, iit, madras (24th october, 1990)

- elementary education should be made compulsory for all.

Dr. Kailash nath pandey, p-25/104, spdc colony, mankhurd, bombay-400088 (27th september, 1990)

- the committee has only repeated the recommendations of the previous committees in regard to languages and has not made any fresh recommendation. The medium of instruction upto class xii should be the mother tongue or regional language. English should not be

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allowed as a medium of instruction. The committee should also identify the reasons for non-imparting of instruction through regional languages in higher education.

Smt. Shakuntala saxena, headmistress, junior high school, uttarkashi (5th october, 1990)

- primary and secondary education should be imparted through mother tongue/regional language. Higher education could be either in national or international language. This will strengthen social unity and national integration.

Smt. Subhadra jain, marudhar girls school, p.o. Vidyawari, station rani 306115, distt. Pali (rajasthan)

- education at the primary stage should be through the medium of mother-tongue.

- English medium schools should be closed down as they are elitist. However, hindi and english should be the link languages of the country.

Shri kameshwar prasad bahuguna, camp - takkar bappa chhatravas tehri tehri garwal

- recognition of english medium schools should be withdrawn.

Shri viswabhar prasad "gupt bandhu", b/154, lok vihar, p.o. Rani bag, delhi-110034

- mother-tongue should be the medium at the primary stage. In addition, a language included in the eighth schedule should also be taught at the primary stage. At the senior secondary stage any indian language included in the 8th schedule of the constitution

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should be the medium. At this stage, hindi or another indian language should also be taught. From class vi to viii sanskrit should be taught as part of the main indian language. In classes ix to xi sanskrit should be taught as third language. The medium of instruction for university and higher technical education could be any indian language. English or any other foreign language should be taught as a separate subject after class xii. In policy document the expression "regional languages" should be replaced by the expression "languages mentioned in eighth schedule".

Shri lajja ram tomar, all india organising secretary, vidya bharati akhil bharatiya shiksha sangathan, saraswati kunj, nirala nagar, lucknow-226020

- sanskrit should be included in the three language formula.

Dr. Shreekrishna misra, general secretary, madhya pradesh shikshak sangh, state office 69/1, south tatyatope nagar, bhopal

- three language formula should be implemented strictly. Under the three language formula mother-tongue, hindi and one other indian language should be taught. English should be taught as a subject only.

Dr.(smt) swarnaprabha agrahari, hindi department, d.r. College, delhi university, delhi

- medium of instruction should be mother-tongue upto class v and any indian language mentioned in the eighth schedule from class v to xii. Hindi should be second language and where hindi is the first language, another language included in the eighth schedule should be taught as second language. Sanskrit should be taught as third language from class vi. Medium of instruction at university level.

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And also of technical education should be a language mentioned in the eighth schedule. English or any foreign language should be taught as an additional subject after class xii. English should not be allowed either as medium of education or as medium of examination. Instead of the expression "regional language" or "modern indian language", the expression "language mentioned in the eighth schedule of the "constitution should be used.

Shri virendra prakash pancholi, 3 days, irrigation campus machhala magara scheme, udaipur, rajasthan

- three language formula is useful. It should be implemented fully. Primary education should be imparted in regional language and higher education in hindi. Sanskrit should be included in the curriculum.

Shri durga prasad purohit, secretary, bhartiya shikshan mandal, c-25, vikas marg, jaipur-4

- sanskrit should be made compulsory.

- Education should be imparted through regional languages.

Shri balbir singh, general secretary, bhartiya kissan union, kanjhawala, delhi (23rd july, 1990)

- teaching of english should not be compulsory.

Smt. Madhurima singh, govt. Quarter, nirala nagar, lucknow

- the medium of education should be a modern indian languages mentioned in the eighth schedule to the constitution of india.

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Dr. P.c. Bansal, b-58, inder puri, new delhi (8th november, 1990)

- because of the undue emphasis on english both as a subject of study and medium of instruction right from the pre-school stage in the prestigeous institutions the study of indian languages is suffering. This is an unhappy state of affiars which needs to be changed.

Prof. B.h. Krishnamurti, vice-chancellor, university of hyderabad, central university po, hyderabad. (22Nd october, 1990)

- the regional language medium should be extended to the university level including professional courses like medicine and engineering. However, there should be an adequate component of english right from the undergraduate level with increasing proficiency to facilitate post-graduates who want to go into research and also to facilitate inter-state mobility. As an incentive for opting for regional language medium, graduates from regional language medium courses should be given preference in public and private employment. Bridge courses should be evolved to help liguistic minorities to switch over from the mother tongue to the regional language at the pre-primary level. The three-language formula, as proposed by the education commission 1964-66 should be implemented throughout the country, particularly in the hindi speaking areas. The third language in the hindi speaking areas should be one of the literary languages of south india, bengali or gujarati, but not urdu or sanskrit.

- The proposal to have a fresh linguistic survey of india is a welcome one. The survey should be a permanent department of the

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central government like the geological survey of india. The decision of the census commissioner to drop the enumeration of languages spoken by 10,000 speakers or less should be changed.

Shri om shrivastava, astha sansthan, 109 kharol colony, udaipur, rajasthan (27th october, 1990)

- use of mother tongue should be considered and applied from several. Angles and should not be handled as an emotional issue.

Shri shatrughna prasad singh, mlc, general secretary, bihar secondary shikshak sangh, jamal road, patna (9th october, 1990)

- medium of instruction should be as per the wishes of the society. Three language formula should be implemented strictly and special pay or additional annual increments should be given to the teachers who teach south indian languages.

Shri p.c. Mathur and dr. Chandra mouli singh, indian society for public affairs, lal bhawan, barkat nagar, jaipur (30th september, 1990)

- paper has not come out clearly on language policy and medium of instruction. English should not be compulsory. Sanskrit should be included in the three-language formula.

Fr. Percival fernadez, secretary, c.b.c.I. Society for medical education, st. John's medical college, bangalore 560034 (3rd november, 1990)

- for higher education in technical subjects, it is of paramount importance that a language used internationally is made use of for the important reason that the wealth of material required in training is available only in such a language and we indians, with all the sentiments we pour into the regional languages issue,

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cannot just afford to be behind the times in meeting the challenges of world. Hence -instead of restricting the training of our children in their mother-tongue we should from the child's early education train him/her in an international language to open up the child's mind to the world at large and to the available knowledge and skills in whatever area the child will eventually specialise in the future.

Shri mukesh kumar sahdev, h.no. 686, Sahdev bhawan, urban estate ii, hisar-125 005 (haryana) (25th october 1990)

- primary education should be in mother-tongue.other languages should be introduced later.

- Primary education should be universalised and it should ensure that the basic learning needs of all children are satisfied and take into account the cultural, needs and opportunities of the community. Supplementary alternative programmes can help meet the basic learning needs of children with limited or no access to formal schooling provided they have the same standards of learning imparted in schools.

Miss madhy batra, the batra store, 2581 teliwara, delhi (29.10.90)

- english should be a compulsory subject from class I even if the medium of instruction is retained as hindi.

The chairman, akhil bharatiya vidyarthi parishad, asara branch, rajasthan.

- Hindi should be compulsorily taught in all schools.

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shri p.n. Panicker, state resource centre, kanfed, saksharatha bhavan, trivandrum, (panel discussion held at thiruvananthapuram on 1st november, 1990)

- at the primary and secondary levels mother tongue and/or regional. Language should be the medium of instruction. Even at the tertiary level students must be given the option to choose the medium of instruction which may be regional language/national language/ english. No language should be imposed on the students. The three language formula should be implemented all over the country so as to facilitate interaction among students of various states.

Human resources development centre for teachers, rashtreeya vidyalaya teachers college, jayanagar, bangalore-110011 (discussion held on 8th october, 1990).

- The question of medium at lower levels should be left to the option of parents.

Bangalore city south district secondary schools head master's and pre- university college principal's association, kalasipalayam, bangalore- 560002 (recommendations made in a special. Committee meeting held on 11.10.90)

- english being a language of communication in india and world at large, it should be taught at all levels. This can be made optional since only those who go for higher education need this as a library language. It is however, ideal to make available a basic minimum knowledge of this language to every one upto the secondary level.

Rajya vidwat parishad, rajasthan, adarsh vidya mandir, shiksha mahavidyalaya, raja park, jaipur-302004 (recommendation made in seminar held at jaipur on 13-14th october; 1990

- mother-tongue should be the-medium of instruction at the primary stage. The teaching of regional language, where it is different

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from mother-tongue, should commence from class vi. The three language formula should be implemented in true sense and spirit. Teaching of sanskrit should be part of mother- tongue/regional language.

Shri ranjeet singh, general secretary, bhartiya shikshan mandal, uttar pradesh, 2-a/411-a, azad nagar, kanpur

- centres should be set up where the students could learn various indian and foreign languages.

Workshop organised by the university of bombay at bombay on 26th september, 1990.

- Colleges should undertake special/non-formal classes for upgrading language skills. Modern technology and research results should be availed of in the language teaching.

- The status of the regional language should be elevated. It should be the medium of instruction at the pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education. There should be uniform language policy for all the states. Hindi. And english should be taught from standard v onwards. The students should learn one of the modern indian languages where hindi. Is the regional. Language. Sanskrit should be taught as one of the additional. Subjects from standard viii onwards. It should not be taught at the expense of the other three languages. Passing ssc should not be linked with passing in english. At the undergraduate level one paper in language should be made compulsory.

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Dr. S. Muthukumaran, vice-chancellor, bharathidasan, university, tiruchirapalli, tamil. Nadu.

- The medium of instruction must be the regional language/mother tongue not only at the primary and secondary stages but also at the tertiary stage of education; of course, english language may be offered as a course to facilitate those who interact with researchers in other countries.

University of madras and indian university association for continuing education (views- expressed in one day discussion held in madras on 21st october, 1990)

- the medium of instruction should be mother-tongue. There is, however, a need to develop excellent books in indian languages.

Seminar organised by institute of education and culture, hyderabad, the university of hyderabad and the osmania university, hyderabad at the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad on 20th21st october, 1990

- mother-tongue/regional language must be the medium of instruction from primary to the highest level of education as has been proposed by the kothari commission. English should not be made compulsory for competitive examinations for recruitment to public services. The three language formula should be implemented earnestly in its letter and spirit in all states, particularly in the hindi-speaking states. At least one south indian language must be studied as second or third language in the hindi-speaking states. The introduction of different languages in school education should staggered as has been recommended by the education commission.

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Indore discussion group, lndore.

- Mother-tongue should be the medium of instruction at elementary level and regional language at secondary level. Till hindi is accepted all over the country english should continue as medium of instruction at tertiary level.

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