Teaching engineering in local languages will strengthen India's engineering prowess: Education Minister

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who attended the valedictory session of the 36th India Engineering Congress (IEI) here on December 27, highlighted the importance of teaching technical courses like engineering in the mother tongue or local language.

Addressing a gathering of engineers and educators, Pradhan said that engineering education in local languages and mother tongue is an instrument of empowerment.

“Speaking on the occasion Pradhan said that India has been a land of people with scientific temper & robust engineering capabilities and our civilisational history has scientific evidence of structural engineering, water management, maritime engineering, etc. He complimented IEI for furthering India’s engineering traditions and role of IEI in building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” a press release issued by the Ministry of Education informed.

It added, “The Minister stated that with the implementation of the visionary NEP 2020, we are integrating education with skills, taking a multidisciplinary approach and making skilling and apprenticeship a part of the main curriculum to prepare our youth for the 21st century. He further said that introduction of engineering education in local languages and mother tongue in line with the New Education Policy 2020 to be an instrument of empowerment of our youth and will further strengthen our engineering prowess.”

Stressing the need for engineering education to be made beyond awarding of degrees, Pradhan said that the country must collectively work towards removing language barriers in the learning process and building the capacity of our engineering community.

“IEI must endeavour in further strengthening India’s engineering capacity by innovating, knowledge sharing by its members and creating new paradigms of employability & entrepreneurship,” he said.