Insights from the UNESCO ‘Bhasha Matters’ Report launch
When UNESCO speaks, people listen. UNESCO does not tend to be an agency with lots of projects, but their voice comes with authority and therefore gets the attention of the media, government officials, and others. It is therefore very encouraging that the latest State of the Education Report on India has Multilingual Education as its theme. It is an extensive documentation of the main issues around Multilingual Education in India. At the event at which the report was released, important points were made with regards to the implementation of multilingual education in India. UNESCO launched the State of the Education Report for India 2025 , titled Bhasha Matters: Mother Tongue and Multilingual Education , in New Delhi on 17 December 2025, with a live stream on UNESCO India’s official YouTube channel . The report highlights the role of linguistic diversity and multilingual learning in improving access, inclusion and learning outcomes across India. It places mother tongue-based multilingual...