Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur director Prof VK Tewari called for developing a policy framework for regional language education in the technical institutes so that language doesn’t become a barrier in the learning process.
Imparting technical education in regional language is “a necessary long-term goal”, Tewari said in his official Facebook page. He also lauded the Ministry of Education’s move in this regard, reported news agency PTI.
According to Professor Tewari, this requires teachers proficiency in undertaking classes in the vernacular medium along with English, textbooks and reference materials in regional languages, besides technological assistance such as audio translation aids like those used in Indian Parliament, the agency reported.
“The practice, I would say, continues regardless of the first language of the students and difficulties at their end in adopting to English as the primary communication language, thus disrupting the process of learning. But when explained in regional languages, especially mother tongue, grabbing the concepts or expression of the ideas by the students becomes fairly easy,” the director was quoted as saying by the agency.