Why in news?
Indian policy’s aim to empower the disadvantaged by turning the higher education multilingual has to be analyzed in the prism of internationalization of education
What are the recent developments in this regard?
UN General Assembly had proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages
Yuelu Proclamation by (UNESCO) aims to protect linguistic resources and diversity
What are the positive aspects of stressing on regional languages?
What are the challenges lying ahead?
Constitutional safeguards of regional languages
- Article 29 - Right of minorities to conserve their language
- Article 120 - Right to members of Parliament to express themselves in their mother tongue
- Article 350A - Facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at primary stage
- Article 350B - Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President
- Article 351 - Directive for development of the Hindi language
- The Eighth Schedule recognises 22 languages
What should be done?
Source: Livemint