NEP 2020: Study materials up to class 5 will be provided in 22 languages

The Government of India will provide study materials till Class 5 in 22 Indian languages as the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 puts special emphasis on the mother tongue, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said.

“Study materials of the foundational stage, be it textbook, playbook or play-based material, will be prepared in 22 languages of the Indian Constitution using technology,” stated the Minister. He announced it at the launch of the three-day ‘Future of Learning Collaborative’ conference by Anant National University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.

According to him, this decision was taken at a meeting chaired by him on Monday to review the study materials for the foundational stage under the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF). Thus far, NCERT books used to be provided in three languages – English, Hindi and Urdu.