International Mother Language Day 2023

The 24th edition of International Mother Language Day will focus on the theme ‘multilingual education – a necessity to transform education’. Multilingual education based on mother-tongue facilitates access to and inclusion in learning for population groups that speak non-dominant languages, languages of minority groups and indigenous languages. The International Mother Language Day 2023 edition will

International Mother Language Day -2021

Many learners around the world have been more disadvantaged during the pandemic, partly because their online or remote learning experience has been in their own language. There is now too much research available on the right of children to be learning in their mother tongue -at least for the first few years of their formal

International Mother Language Day – 2019

Linguistic diversity is increasingly threatened as more and more languages disappear. Globally 40 per cent of the population does not have access to an education in a language they speak or understand. Nevertheless, progress is being made in mother tongue-based multilingual education with growing understanding of its importance, particularly in early schooling, and more commitment to its

International Mother Language Day

Today, on International Mother Language Day, which is focused on the importance of linguistic diversity for sustainable development, it is important to remember what difference being taught in your mother tongue can make one one’s ability to learn. Choices over the language of instruction can have a huge impact on learning outcomes In most countries […]