PANJIM: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa will explore the possibility to make use of local language as a medium of instruction as stressed in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Addressing the 8th convocation ceremony, NIT Director Gopal Mugeraya said that there are several professional institutions in the country that are imparting education through vernacular languages. “This is part of the policy to promote the strength, usage and vibrancy of Indian languages,” he said.
Mugeraya said that one of the salient features of NEP 2020 is the encouragement given to use mother tongue or local language as a medium of instruction to improve access and increase gross enrollment ratio (GER). “On this occasion, I would like to encourage NIT Goa to explore the possibility of using the local language as a medium of instruction,” he said in the presence of Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai.
Speaking further, Mugeraya said that NIT Goa has been working for the effective adaption and implementation of NEP 2022 while keeping the objectives of the State in consideration and catering to the needs of the stakeholders of school and higher education institutes located in the State.
He said that the institute is in the process to create educational clusters in collaboration with higher educational institutes for offering effective inter-disciplinary courses. He also announced that the institute is working on developing effective online teaching and learning tools and applications for student-centric learning.