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UGC to Translate Higher Education Textbooks into Tribal Languages
At a press conference on December 21, Dharmendra Pradhan said education brings revolutionary changes, and thus, our focus is to guarantee education reaches tribals. When their language is normalized they will benefit from it. Every stakeholder has been involved in creating textbooks.

by Pragti Sharma / 26 Dec 2022 19:53 PM IST / 0 Comment(s) / 172

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The Central government is working on revolutionary reforms to combine tribal languages with mainstream education. The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan recently informed that books for higher education would be available in tribal languages with other 12 Indian languages. UGC- The University Grants Commission will get textbooks translated into Indian languages, the minister added. The National Education Policy encourages education in local languages, which would also help the tribal communities.



At a press conference on December 21, Dharmendra Pradhan said education brings revolutionary changes, and thus, our focus is to guarantee education reaches tribals. When their language is normalized they will benefit from it. Every stakeholder has been involved in creating textbooks.



Minister added that making (NCERT) National Council of Educational Research and Training first-year books available in tribal languages in school education is progressing rapidly. The minister said two tribal universities were also opened.



According to the Minister, education in regional languages and mother tongue is one of the essential pillars of the NEP 2020, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving long-due tribute to the tribal population of the country.



Pradhan also said that for Eklavya schools, Rs. 3,832 crore was the budget in 2014-2015, which has increased to Rs 8,500 crore in 2022-23.



Dharmendra Pradhan said this reflects the Prime Minister's commitment to the upliftment of the tribal people, from respecting their identity to delivering quality education, self-employment, and health.



Highlighting the measures taken by the Modi government for tribal people, the minister said that a digital tribal repository in a searchable form had been created. Under the scheme- Van Dhan Vikas Kendra centres are being developed to connect the tribal population via self-help groups. About 60,000 artisans have profited from the MSME Traditional Industries Revival Fund (SFURTI) programme.



News Source: News18


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