Media Eye News Bureau: The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu appealed all State Governments to make mother tongue a mandatory subject at least up to high school level while he delivers 11th Convocation address at Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, in Chennai.
The Vice President said that a child can grasp and understand better in his or her own mother tongue than any other language. He further said that a child will be able to communicate and articulate her thoughts effectively in her native language.
"We live in a multicultural and multilingual world. Since language and culture are intertwined, there is an absolute need to strengthen our indigenous languages including the many languages spoken by many tribal groups in our country. Language is the lifeline of a culture and in a way defines the larger social milieu in which a society lives. We can usually express our thoughts much better in our mother language", he said.
