Multilingual Education and India

I’m glad to pass along an opportunity that will be of interest to many working in multilingual education: a  Hindi-medium Multilingual Education (MLE) Workshop  has been scheduled for  April 6–11, 2026 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. This workshop will be especially meaningful for those who are managing MLE projects, designing multilanguage teaching programs, teachers and all those who want to learn more about multilingual education. The format is a  four-day MLE workshop , followed by a  two-day training on Translanguaging pedagogy. 👉  Registration is now open.( Form link ) Please watch  Nirmaan’s page  for updates and further details. Please share the workshop banners widely within your networks. —Karsten,  On behalf of the  LEAD-India Steering Committee

The push for the use of local languages in the National Education Policy is not only triggering good discussions among educationalists but also creating an interest in the production of more books in other languages than just English and Hindi. One could also argue that it is the other way around and that the increased interest in the society for local languages has influenced the National Education Policy, but the point is that overall more space is created for languages in the debates in the marketplace!  Discussions around the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and developments in Indian publishing point to growing interest in strengthening mother-tongue based learning. One perspective comes from Anju Wal’s article on multilingual classrooms and the challenges of implementing NEP 2020, while another comes from the strong presence of Indian language publishing at the World Book Fair 2026. Together, these examples show how policy responses and cultural platforms can support and ...