Education Ministry directs institutions to provide study material digitally within 3 years

In the school education ecosystem also study material is available in multiple Indian languages including over 30 languages on DIKSHA.

The Government of India has decided that study material for all courses under school and higher education will be made available digitally in Indian languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.

In an order issued by the Ministry of Education today, the government has directed all school and higher education regulators like UGC, AICTE, NCERT, NIOS, IGNOU and heads of INIs like IITs, CUs and NITs to make study material in Indian languages available for all courses in the next three years.

UGC, AICTE and the Department of School Education have also been asked to take up the issue of state schools and universities.

The above directions come after the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for promoting multilingualism in education at every level, so that students get the opportunity to study in their language, and can have better learning outcomes.

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The Government has already been working in this direction during the past two years, with the translation of Engineering, Medical, Law, UG, PG and Skill books being done through the Anuvadini AI-based application. These books are available on the ekumbh portal.

In the school education ecosystem also study material is available in multiple Indian languages including over 30 languages on DIKSHA. Competitive exams like JEE, NEET, and CUET are being held in 13 Indian languages.

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