University Panel Welcomes CBSE's Push For Indian Languages In Schools

In a major move to promote multilingual education in the country, the CBSE has allowed schools to offer education in Indian languages right from pre-primary to Class XII.

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar on Saturday said that the decision of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) allowing schools to offer education in Indian languages right from pre-primary to Class XII, will provide a steady stream of students to Higher Educational Institutions.

Taking to Twitter the UGC Chairman said that the move will make the students creative and innovative.

"With UGC promoting Indian languages in higher education, CBSE's decision to use Indian languages as an alternative medium of instruction from primary classes to class 12 could not have come at a more opt (apt) time. The school and higher education systems working together to promote Indian languages in education will provide a steady stream of students to Higher Educational Institutions who can think and work in Indian languages, making them creative and innovative," Jagadesh Kumar said.