New National Education The Policy (NEP) 2020 suggested introducing more courses in regional languages and in line with the policy, several states have made similar announcements in the country. From Punjab to Karnataka to Rajasthan, here is a list of states where local languages have been made mandatory.
Punjab: Recently Punjab government announced that Punjabi will now be a compulsory subject for all the students of the state from class 1 to 10.
The Punjab CM said a fine of up to Rs 2 lakh would be imposed on the school for violation of the order. CM Channi also said in a tweet that Punjabi language will be written on all the boards of the state.
Maharashtra: The state education department recently issued a proposal making Marathi compulsory in all schools from class 1 to 10. This will include private non-state board schools, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate (ICSE). The decision is to be implemented in a phased manner, first to make Marathi compulsory in all boards starting from Class 1 and 6 in 2020-21. Then it will be extended further till class 10th.
Telangana: In 2018, the Telangana Legislative Assembly also passed a bill making Telugu teaching and learning compulsory in the state. As per the bill, schools affiliated to CBSE, ICSE and IB and other media schools in the state will have to compulsorily give Telugu language for class 4 at the primary level and class 9 at the secondary level in the academic year 2021-22.
Andhra Pradesh: In the neighboring state of Telangana, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has also approved teaching lessons in Telugu in schools up to class 10th. The government has made it compulsory without the option of studying Hindi or Sanskrit.
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Karnataka: Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai also recently said that his party will continue its fight to make Kannada compulsory not only in primary and secondary schools but also in degree level classes. Additionally, NEP 2020 encourages students to learn subjects in their mother tongue up to class 5 to promote multilingualism.
Rajasthan Rajasthan: The state education department will start ‘education in mother tongue’ for primary and pre-primary classes in the state as part of NEP 2020. RSERT has designed a syllabus in local languages and it will start from the next academic session.
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