PAFRE says 3-language rule neglects mother tongue

The People's Alliance for Fundamental Right to Education (PAFRE) has strongly opposed the central government's push for the three-language formula in schools, arguing that it undermines children's mother tongue and hampers creative learning.

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The organisation called for a shift to a multi-lingual education policy that respects linguistic diversity and ensures quality learning for students across states.

In a statement, PAFRE highlighted that the three-language policy has faced resistance in several southern states due to its impracticality. Even in states where it has been implemented, various issues persist, particularly in North India, where exposure to southern languages remains rare. Government and private schools in the north seldom offer South Indian languages or even other regional languages like Kashmiri, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, or Odia as a third language, the group noted.