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The new education policy will prepare students for the global workforce by teaching them "how to think", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in a speech defending Indian languages being used as the medium of teaching.
"There is no disputing the fact that if the language spoken by children at home and the medium of education in schools is the same, their comprehension is stronger. A strong educational foundation is built this way,” he said in a televised speech.
The policy proposes using mother tongue or local language as the medium of instruction till Class 5, while recommending its
