PM Modi focuses on tech education in mother tongue in NEP speech

NEW DELHI: Lauding the initiative taken under the new National Education Policy to conduct engineering courses in mother tongue and local languages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was happy that 14 colleges in eight states are going to start studies in five Indian languages — Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bangla. The pilot project will be launched during the 2021-22 academic session.
At a function to mark one year of NEP 2020, Modi on Thursday said, “A tool has been developed for translating engineering courses in 11 languages. This emphasis on mother tongue as the medium of instruction will instil confidence in the students from poor, rural and tribal backgrounds. Even in elementary education mother tongue is being promoted and the Vidya Pravesh programme, launched today, will play a big role in that.”
The PM also said that NEP 2020 is one of the major factors in the “maha yagna” (great exercise) of nation-building. Launching 10 initiatives under the NEP 2020, Modi highlighted the openness and absence of pressure in the policy and remarked that it will also unfold the “making of new India”.