A three language policy has been introduced under the New Education Policy (NEP). Many state education boards, including the CBSE, have implemented this, under which students are taught three languages in school. In which students will get an opportunity to study Hindi, English, foreign languages along with regional languages. In such a situation, there has long been concern about where schools will source teachers of different languages. The National Council of Education and Research Training (NCERT) has started working to address this concern.
NCERT is going to launch a new course for teachers, after which teachers will be able to teach multiple languages simultaneously. Let’s know the whole matter in detail.
What is special about the new NCERT course?
NCERT is going to launch a new syllabus with the aim of training teachers to teach multiple languages. The aim of launching this course is to train teachers in ‘Multilingual Pedagogy’ and ‘Applied Linguistics’. However, the outline of this course is still being decided.
It is believed that this new course will introduce teachers to the grammar of different languages, language structure and language learning process. Along with this, training in teaching different languages will also be provided. The whole exercise aims to prepare teachers who can help students develop practical skills related to speaking, writing and understanding different languages.
Master’s Program in Multilingual Education
NCERT may launch its new course as Masters program in Multilingual Education. The whole exercise is to create a new class of teachers who will specialize in applied linguistics and multilingual teaching methods.
According to information, the new course may involve a combination of Indian regional languages and foreign languages. However, proposals are still being drawn up to determine the number of languages a teacher can be trained to teach and the level of proficiency he or she should have in each language.
