State Vision Conclave in Ranchi promotes MLE
According to the ASER-2014 report only 1/3 of the grade V children in Jharkhand can comprehend a grade V text. The State Vision Conclave points at language as being a cause for this problem.
On 29 January 2015 the Jharkhand government in coopretion with UNICEF conducted a state Vision Conclave at Ranchi, Jharkhand. The new Chief Minister of Jharkhand also participated in the conclave other than several senior officials from govt., more than 25 NGOs, several corporates, language experts and other experts on child development.
Dhir Jhingran, in the Education Session, spoke about the need for Mother Tongue based MLE in Jharkhand. The Pioneer reported on his presentation by publishing the following article : ' Mother tongue based multilingual education needed in Jharkhand'
A quote:
According to experts, Santahli speaking children of Dumka and Pakur, Ho speaking children of West Singhbhum, Mundari speaking children of Khunti and Kudukh speaking children of Gumla could learn very fast if the medium of education is their mother tongue. Experts opine that the process can be started on a pilot basis if it cannot be implement at the same time.
Good to note that the issue of language was part of this consultation on the development of Jhakhand. Thanks to Binay Patanayak for the tip. | 
