Children learn best when they’re taught in their mother tongue

Early education in the mother tongue could serve as a crucial factor in learning new languages, fostering understanding, confidence and a love for learning..

With India being home to varied languages, an understanding of the language contexts in schools and classrooms is a prerequisite for developing apt strategies for inclusion of childrens mother tongue in teaching processes..

In partnership with the Language and Learning Foundation in Chhattisgarh, Unicef conducted a school-based language mapping initiative covering over 400,000 first-grade students and 30,000 teachers across government schools..

Odishas department of women and child development, with Unicef, created Nua Arunima, (New Horizons) a mother tongue-based early childhood education curriculum available in 21 languages..

Empowering teachers through multilingual training, developing mother tongue-based learning materials that are engaging, and supporting local communities in the advocacy of their languages are all crucial steps..

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