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India is a unique country with numerous languages that are divided into five language families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burman, and Andamanese. These languages not only share some sociolinguistic characteristics but also frequently interact with one another, resulting in a pan-Indian culture that is rich.
"Classical languages such as Latin, Arabic, Persian, Tamil and Sanskrit are rich in their inflectional grammatical structure and aesthetic value, and can illuminate: our lives, as many languages keep borrowing words from them." To help school children experience diverse cultural values and to ensure the integration of diverse ethnic groups, NFC recommended a three-language formula which is as under:
(1) Primary_-Classes 1-5
• 1 & 2-One language: the mother tongue/the regional language.
3-5 - the mother tongue/the regional language.
(2) Upper primary_ _Classes 6-8
6-8. Three languages: the mother tongue/ the regional language, the modern Indian language and English.
(3) Secondary Education
• 9 & 10: Three languages: the mother tongue/the regional language, modern Indian language and English.
NCF remarks, "higher-level proficiency skills easily transfer from one language to another. It is thus imperative that we do everything we can to strengthen the sustained learning of Indian languages at school."
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