RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat who addressed the large gathering at Silver Jubilee function of Vidya Bharati Institute spoke about the importance of the mother tongue.
"If mother tongue is the medium of learning during the initial education, it makes learning easier in further education. This is not possible if one starts learning in a foreign language since childhood," Bhagwat said.
Bhagwat said that, Mother Tongue is very important and also wanted to introduce their mother tongue as the subject in their education level.
The RSS chief, however, said he was not opposed to teaching of other languages. "We should know our mother tongue. Hindi unites the entire country and the number of people who know Hindi is increasing. After having a complete knowledge of the mother tongue, we should also learn foreign languages to make our country shine at the international platforms. None of the foreign languages are unacceptable to us, but the priority should be learning the mother tongue," he said. He also hailed the efforts of Vidya Bharati to impart "culture-based" education.”
He also said that, influence of mother tongue on children went on to serve the country at highest levels.
