RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE PROVINCIAL EDUCATION MINISTERS CONFERENCE OF AUGUST 1949 AND APPROVED BY THE CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
 

"The medium of instruction and examination at the Junior Basic State must be the mother-tongue of the child and where the mother- tongue is different from the Regional or State language, arrangements must be made for instruction in the mother-tongue by appointing at least one teacher, provided there are not less than 40 pupils speaking the language in the whole school or ten such pupils in a class. The mother-tongue will be the language declared by the parent or guardian to be the mother-tongue. The Regional or State Language where it is different from the mother-tongue, should be introduced not earlier than Class III and not later than the end of the Junior Basic State. In order to facilitate the switching over to the Regional Language as medium in the Secondary State, children should be given the option of answering questions in their mother-tongue, for the first two years after the Junior Basic State.

At the Secondary Stage, if the number of pupils, whose mother- tongue is a language other than the Regional or State language, is sufficient to justify a separate school in an area the medium of instruction in such a school may be the mother-tongue of the pupils. Such schools, if organised and established by private societies or agencies, will be entitled to recognition and grants-in-aid from Government according to the prescribed rules. The Government will also provide similar facilities in all Government, Municipal and District Board Schools where one-third of the total number of pupils of the school request for instruction in their mother-tongue. The Government will also required aided schools to arrange for such instruction if desired by one-third of the pupils provided that there are no adequate facilities for instruction in that, particular language in the area. The Regional Language will, however, be a compulsory subject throughout the Secondary Stage.

The arrangements prescribed above will in particular be necessary in metropolitan cities or places where a large number of people speaking different languages live or areas with a floating population speaking different languages."

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