Examining Tamil Nadu’s Language Policy in the context of State Policy and NEP 2020
Keywords:
language policy, mother tongue, translanguage, educationAbstract
This paper examines the language policy of the Tamil Nadu State Education Policy, 2025 and the National Educational Policy 2020. It would employ a descriptive and empirical research design involving an analysis of academic discourses on the Three Language Formula or Two Language Policy, along with the problems and conundrums that arise due to pragmatic considerations like linguistic diversity, teacher readiness, resource availability, employment opportunities, language ideological concerns and sociocultural attitudes towards language learning. It focuses on the stakeholders’ role in fostering the mother tongue and in the preservation and maintenance of the home language that integrates culture in an inclusive learning environment. I suggest introducing translanguaging as a pedagogical strategy that can customise language policy to regional needs and implement a flexible approach serving as an educational model that aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG4) of the United Nations, i.e, quality education.
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