Empowering Education through Mother Tongue: The Case for Vernacular Languages in India

During ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav,’ Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stressed the importance of mother tongue education, highlighting its role in nurturing creativity, critical thinking, and cultural connection. He noted that the National Education Policy 2020 supports this vision, though challenges persist in implementing vernacular learning in higher education. State-level efforts and research underscore benefits like improved cognitive development and academic performance, yet resource limitations and perception issues hinder wider adoption, especially in technical education.