Bhubaneswar: Over the decades, the monastery educated has had the advantages over others in higher education, especially in engineering, because of their good orders for English.
But for those who from medium-senior high schools, learning in their language does not converse with the struggle.
Many of them will use learning to learn and only spit out everything in the exam answer script.
Others will take extra burdens to register for English-language classes.
For the latter, the recent announcement by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan that engineering will also be taught in odia from the academic session of 2022-23 no less than improvement in the pedagogy, which is a very severe national education policy (NEP) aims to improve .
NEP called for education in mothers as far as possible and has provisions for tertiary technology to offer technology B programs in 11 regional languages - Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujari, Bengali, Assam, Punjabi and Odia.
“About 60% of children study in rural areas have language problems even though they are good at learning.
Now it will be easier for them to understand technical concepts with regional language options available for them,” Binod Das, Chair & Honorary Secretary, Edisha Private Engineering College Association, said.
This option will act as an additional tool for students as a technical term will not be changed in Odia’s book even though it means to be provided.
“There is evidence supported by research that shows education, especially technical and medical education, in mature language is more effective than in foreign languages.
So far, technical performance is more than reflection of competence in English than students.
Understanding the subject.
Countries such as Russia Japan, China, South Korea and Germany have provided education in maternal languages for years now.
DAS said even though there was enough teachers to teach in odia, it was important for them adequately trained to teach and evaluate in regional languages.
However, the education was worried.
That there may be one block stumble.
“Because terminology has not evolved in odia, the use of big words and bombs and obsolete conditions must be avoided in translation.
The aim is to make our students understand better things so that they become better technologists and professionals, “added Prof.
Mohanty..
Associated with a similar problem, Prof.
Prashanta Kumar Patra, Principal of the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, said even though it was a good step, it was not enough.
“Because higher education is not limited to textbooks, all books, journals, and other reference materials must be available in Odia,” he added.
“The translation is a large industry in Japan and China .
We also need to have a strong system here.
For this reason, the government must be willing, adequate funds need to be allocated for purposes and teachers need to be well trained, “said the end of the watershed their studies and in promoting odiah.
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