Mains Answer Writing - 31 Dec, 2025
GS1
Art & Culture
15 marks
UNESCO’s report “Bhasha Matters: The State of the Education Report for India 2025” strongly advocates mother-tongue based multilingual education (MTB-MLE). Examine the rationale behind MTB-MLE and discuss the key challenges and measures required for its effective implementation in India.
Tips for your answer
- Anchor the answer in learning outcomes and equity
- Show how MTB-MLE improves comprehension, retention and inclusion, especially for first-generation learners.
- Link UNESCO recommendations with India’s diversity
- Use India’s linguistic plurality to justify decentralised, state-level implementation.
- Balance idealism with feasibility
- Highlight teacher shortages, material development and financing constraints while proposing practical solutions.
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