Language in education and linguistic heritage
The issue of language in education has acquired a new sense of urgency in India, and experiments with multi-lingual educations are being shaped in a variety of interesting ways. My …
International Mother Language Day (21 February): “Multilingual education is a pillar of intergenerational learning” – Unesco
2024 celebrations The theme of International Mother Language Day celebration 2024 is “Multilingual education is a pillar of intergenerational learning”. Today, 250 million children and young people still do not …
Serving endangered languages, denotified and nomadic Communities: Ganesh Devy on the need for a “sustainable economic and social base in the homeland”
A collection of essays on Adivasis. Tribal groups (adivasis) in India have often been excluded, marginalized and oppressed by ‘mainstream’ society. In many ways this exclusion, marginalization and oppression is …
eBook | Adivasi languages – Ganesh Devy on changing languages and the question of legislation
Prof. Ganesh Devy in response to a listener’s question on the assumed benefits derived from legislation [India’s “scheduled languages”] Source: “A View of Higher Education in India” pp. 51-52 by Prof. Ganesh DevyChair, People’s …