International Mother Language Day

21 February 2022
Online

International Mother Language Day-“Using Technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and Opportunities” was celebrated with great fanfare by the Cultural Club of GIPS on 21st February 2022. Prof. Dr. Savita Mohan (Principal GIPS) inaugurated the function and welcomed our keynote speaker Ms. Meeta Gupta (PGT Hindi, Kendriya Vidyalaya). She addressed the gathering, congratulated Mother Language Day, and blessed the students. The students gave speeches, sang songs, recited ghazals, perform folk dances, in many different languages such as Punjabi, Hindi, Kashmiri, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Rajasthani, and other languages. Speaking on the topic of language, education, and development, the learned keynote speaker said that it was important to know the mother tongue for the overall development of the country. A student who is fluent in his mother tongue can easily learn other languages. France, Germany, Japan, China, Sweden, Russia, and Norway are some of the countries where the local languages have become the medium of development instead of English. She further added that today’s urban mothers are reluctant to talk to their children in their mother tongue. This trend can be detrimental in the future as the construction of any society depends on the healthy cultural and linguistic traditions of that society. Countries based on languages have made many times more progress than countries based on religion. Education in the mother tongue is yielding better results than any other language in the world. It was an interactive session where students analyze and understood the importance of their mother tongue. A vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. Ritu Yadav.