Shishir Roy ChowdhuryRaipur, July 8 -- Chhattisgarh is steadily expanding mother tongue based education in its government schools, particularly across Bastar and other linguistically diverse regions, as part of efforts to make classrooms more inclusive and improve foundational learning. Implemented under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the initiative encourages children to begin their education in the language they speak at home before gradually transitioning to Hindi. The experts believe that the approach is helping improve comprehension, confidence and classroom participation, especially among first generation learners in tribal communities.
The programme reflects a broader shift in the state's education policy from focusing so...