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IITs, NITs to offer Engineering Courses in Mother Tongue from 2021-22

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IITs and NITs will start offering engineering courses in mother tongues from the academic session 2021-2022, said the Ministry of Education in a press statement.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, which is in line with the new National Education Policy that emphasizes on education in one’s mother tongue as far as possible. “A seminal decision was made to start technical education, especially engineering courses, imparting education in mother tongue which will be opened from next academic year. A few IITs and NITs are being shortlisted for the same,” a senior ministry official said.

The Ministry even said that some IITs and NITs are being shortlisted for implementation of the decision. Sources say that IIT-BHU is ready to offer engineering courses in Hindi, while other IITs and NITs located at various states will be shortlisted to offer engineering programs in the language of the respective region.

It was also decided in the meeting to revise the syllabus for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Main, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) post NTA assessing the existing scenario in various secondary school examination boards. “The University Grants Commission (UGC) has also been directed to ensure all scholarships, fellowships are disbursed in time and to start a helpline for the same and address all grievances of the students immediately,” said the official.
Last month, NTA had decided to conduct JEE (Mains) in nine regional languages apart from Hindi and English from 2021.