Overview

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the rollout of AI-embedded textbooks, urging educationists to develop age-appropriate materials to improve learning outcomes.
• The Bharatiya Bhasha Summer Camps and 13 new Indian language primers, developed by the Central Institute of Indian Languages and NCERT, were officially launched to promote multilingual education.
• Pradhan emphasized the importance of mother-tongue instruction through Class VIII, linking it to India's goal of becoming the world's leading economy.
• The Tamil Nadu government continues to oppose the NEP 2020's three-language policy, maintaining its two-language system of Tamil and English.
• Bihar-born student Jiya Kumari's success in a Tamil exam was highlighted as an example of the unifying potential of language education across regions.