Multilingual Education and India

For years we have said that basic training in multilingual education is needed in Hindi.  Last month this finally became a reality.  Though quite small scale,  a good step in the right direction to equip teachers,  trainers and NGO staff.   The recent Hindi MLE and Translanguaging Course, hosted by Nirmaan in partnership with SIL in Udaipur Rajasthan, provided an intensive, week-long professional development opportunity for educators to explore the intersections of multilingualism and classroom pedagogy. The workshop was structured to bridge the gap between academic theory and practical, "on-the-ground" teaching strategies. Participants consisted of direct MLE practitioners, implementors, teachers, researchers from across Indian states such as Assam, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra , SCERT officials from Rajasthan.  Participants began the week by grounding themselves in the fundamentals for Multilingual Education (MLE), exploring learning theori...