Hindi Diwas is going to be celebrated on the 14th of September, this time with virtual events, ‘to commemorate the adoption of Hindi as one of the official language of India. Written in Devanagari script, which is used by over 120 languages, this language is supposed to unite a country that has had a rich linguistic diversity throughout history.’
As we know that Hindi written in Devanagari which is also used for over 120 regional languages and dialects. The dialects in Rajasthan make use of Devanagari script for written communication and some linguists have tried to develop a Standard Rajasthani but has not won any recognition.
Some major and minor dialect of Rajasthan are shown in the following table
At two-day Conclave on ‘School Education in 21st Century’, technical session on ‘Promotion of Indian Languages’ on September 11, 2020, brought up the following points, reported a PIB release.
25% of students suffers learning disadvantage because of gap in the home language and the school language. Most sufferers are children o Tribal Areas, boarder areas, migrant labourers
Some suggestions that came up were as follows
Mapping of languages is necessary
Create multilingual awareness
Begin including children’s home language in teacher and learning in oral domain
Create children’s material in local languages
Teacher recruitment or deployment of teachers to a particular area may be linked to the local language of that area. Teacher Education Courses should emphasize on language skills
Some transitional interventions such as transitional course from Rajasthani dialects (home languages) to standard Hindi at CULP-Jaipur and speech therapy of children at Disha Foundation in Jaipur have demonstrated that it is possible. Such interventions are also examples of inclusive education. CULP has done an NCERT-ERIC study also on the intervention of transition from home language to school language.
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