MULTILINGUAL SOCIETY: INDIA

NAME OF PARTICIPATING MAMBERS: RAYMART A. PAJES; MELLISCENT REGONDOLA; RICA MAE PINEDA; SOPHIA LINTAG; AND TRIXIE
FLORES
Name of Language Level of Date of Description Effects Reflection/Analysis
Policy/Program Implementation implementation
(nationwide,
regional,
schoolwide, etc.)
Three Language Nationwide 1968 Three Language Formula Positive effects This policy offers a wide range
Formula is a language learning 1. It offers of benefits to the people in
policy formulated by the multilingual India for it obliges them to
Education Ministry of the society. learn and master their national
Indian government. It 2. If facilitates language, Hindi, English, and
provides that in all learning of their mother tongue.
government schools national
across India, there shall language.
be three languages to be 3. If facilitates
taught: English, as a learning of
mandate; Hindi, too, is International
compulsory, both in Hindi- language,
speaking states and non- 4. Learning of
Hindi-speaking states; and mother
finally, the third language tongue helps
is the local language of cultural
the region where the preservation.
school is located. 5. Learning
Hindi widens
It has three functions opportunities.
which are as follows: 6. Learning of
mother
• accommodating tongue
group identity, facilitates
• affirming national expression of
unity, ideas.
• and increasing
administrative Negative Effects
efficiency. 1. It created
confusion
among
people.
It has three functions 2. It became a
which are as follows: burden for
children to
• accommodating learn and
group identity, master three
• affirming national languages.
unity,
• and increasing
administrative
efficiency.
Tamil Nadu's Two- All schools in Tamil January 23, It is a language learning • It helped the The emphasis of using their
Language Policy Nadu 1968 policy that require schools performance mother tongue (Tamil) as
to be taught two of Higher medium of instruction
languages which are Education of creates a huge impact in
Tamil and English as Tamil Nadu learning because for me the
language and medium of in Science, better the understanding of
instruction. and the course, the better will be
Engineering. the learning of the students.
• It provided
educationa
l success.

Post Independent Union and States 1950 This policy addresses the Having this policy, This policy provides a clear
Language Policy issues of language of the Indians have the instruction in India to address
country brought by guide of what the issues of the languages
countries which language they will in the country.
dominated India. Hence, use in government,
the constitution formulated especially in legal If this would be applied as
it to deal those issues. purposes. well in the Philippine, for
instance, English will be
• The official explained in Filipino like what
language of the Coach Lyqa did, Filipinos will
Union shall be grasp the lessons thoroughly,
Hindi in and later will be achieved
Devanagari fluency and accuracy.
script.”
Like in the Philippines, BEP
(Philippine Bilingual
Education Policy) provides an
instruction on how Filipino
and English are operationally
used as media of instruction.
• “English can be
used for all official
purposes as a
language of vital
opportunities and
international
contact and be
used for all legal
purposes eg. For
bills, procedures of
court etc.”

• Official
communication
between States
and Union should
be in the Official
language of the
Union i.e. Hindi.
• State should
provide adequate
facilities for
instruction in the
mother-tongue at
the primary stage
of education to
children belonging
to linguistic
minority groups