CIIL workshop to finalise language handbooks for Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
Mysuru: The city-based Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) director Shailendra Mohan on Monday highlighted the significance of academic collaboration between Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and CIIL, which aligns with the vision of NEP-2020 to promote multilingualism and cultural literacy among young learners.
Speaking after the inauguration of the CIIL's National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) five-day national level workshop on the finalisation of language and cultural handbooks for NVS, he stated: "The initiative is a step towards strengthening national unity through a better understanding of India's cultural and linguistic richness."
The workshop aims at promoting linguistic and cultural education in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Officer-in-Charge, NTS-I and coordinator of the workshop Pankaj Dwivedi provided a detailed overview of the workshop objectives and the structure of the handbooks.
He emphasised that the content was carefully designed to nurture inclusivity, foster mutual respect, and celebrate the diverse heritage of India. These handbooks will enable students to appreciate and connect with the cultures of the regions they are posted to, thereby fostering harmony and a shared national identity, he noted.
This initiative aims to finalise 16 language and cultural handbooks. NTS-I prepared 16 books on the cultural components of scheduled Indian languages for the NVS for classes 6, 7, 8, and 9 studying in Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country.
The languages covered under this workshop are Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Garo, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Santali, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
The workshop brings together 29 eminent resource persons, including scholars, researchers, and educationists from AIISH, RIE, CIIL, NTS-I, Mysuru, and central and state universities, and colleges across India. These experts bring in deep knowledge of language, literature, culture, and pedagogy related to the 16 languages represented.
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