Venkaiah Naidu bats for mother tongue as medium of instruction in schools

The VP said language preservation and development needs a multi-pronged approach, adding that it was time to rethink and reinvent language education in the country

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Saturday suggested making the mother tongue the medium of instruction in schools, at least at the primary level.

"Our languages must unite us in the cause for inclusive and sustainable development and must not end up as tools to divide us," he said.

Naidu said there should be no imposition of any language, nor should there be any opposition to any language.

The Vice President said language preservation and development needs a multi-pronged approach and added that it was time to rethink and reinvent the entire language education in the country.

Addressing the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Central