Korean Language added as foreign language in National Education Policy 2020; Mandarin dropped

Shin Bong-kil, Ambassador, Republic of Korea in New Delhi. 

In the new National Education Policy Indian government has included the Korean language at the secondary level among the foreign languages to be offered to Indian students. Apart from Korean, other foreign languages that will be offered are Japanese, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.

The government has also pointed out that foreign language vocabulary should be updated in the textbooks and other printing materials. The suggesting foreign languages are Korean, English, French, German, Hebrew, and Japanese for this.  The new policy will replace the existing policy that was formulated in 1986. This revision has come after 28 years.

However, the Chinese language, also known as Mandarin doesn’t find mention in the NEP this year because of the very evident reason for ongoing border tension between India and China at the Line of Actual Control. Read more...

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