Policy, Practice and the Role of Language Publishing in Multilingual Education in India
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 ...