International Mother Language Day: True Spiritual Knowledge Is The Ultimate Language Of Unity

International Mother Language Day 2022: Highlights

• Bangladesh initiated the International Mother Language Day in 1999.
• According to UNESCO, there are currently 7,000 different languages spoken throughout the world.
• According to UNESCO, 40% of the world’s population lacks access to an education in a language they speak or understand.
• A two-day event is being hosted in Delhi as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• UNESCO will hold a webinar from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Paris time.
• The spiritual knowledge of Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj is the ultimate language of unity.

International Mother Language Day 2022 Theme

The theme for this year’s event is “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and Opportunities” The United Nations Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will discuss the potential role of technology in advancing education in various languages and supporting the development of quality teaching and learning for all.

What Does UNESCO Have to Say About Linguistic Education?

According to UNESCO, 40% of the world’s population lacks access to an education in a language they speak or understand. According to UNESCO, there are currently 7,000 different languages spoken throughout the world. UNESCO believes that cultural and linguistic diversity is essential for sustainable societies. It is part of its peace mandate to work to preserve the cultural and linguistic differences that foster tolerance and respect for others.

Message From the Director-General

“Technology has the potential to provide new tools for preserving linguistic diversity. Such tools, by facilitating Technology can provide new tools for protecting linguistic diversity. Such tools, for example, facilitating their spread and analysis, allow us to record and preserve languages which sometimes exist only in oral form. Put simply, they make local dialects a shared heritage. However, because the Internet poses a risk of linguistic uniformisation, we must also be aware that technological progress will serve plurilingualism only as long as we make the effort to ensure that it does.”

Audrey Azoulay said on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were among those who spoke about the significance of International Mother Language Day in India.

International Mother Language Day 2022: Events and Celebrations

UNESCO will host a webinar on Mother Language Day 2022, February 21 from 11:00 in the morning to 1:00 in the afternoon, Paris time.

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is organizing a two-day event at the Indira Gandhi National Center of Arts, New Delhi, as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

International Mother Language Day: History

Bangladesh initiated the International Mother Language Day, which was approved at the 1999 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) General Conference and has been observed annually since. In the year 2000, the world celebrated the first International Mother Language Day.

International Mother Language Day: Significance

The day symbolizes how an intergovernmental organization like UNESCO believes in the value of cultural and linguistic diversity in fostering sustainable societies. According to UNESCO, it is part of its mandate for peace to work to preserve cultural and linguistic differences that foster tolerance and respect for diversity.

Linguistic Diversity Is Under Threat

Linguistic diversity is under threat as more and more languages become extinct. According to the UN, 40 percent of the world’s population does not have access to an education in a language they speak or understand. Native languages are promoted and efforts to preserve them are made on days like this.

Progress is being made in mother tongue-based multilingual education, with a growing understanding of its importance, particularly in early schooling, and a greater commitment to its development in public life.

Covid-19 Has Impacted the Education System Globally

COVID-19’s experiences, particularly in the field of education, demonstrated the importance of technology in distance learning. The United Nations recognizes that technology has the potential to address some of education’s most pressing issues. As a result, efforts are being made with this year’s theme to emphasize how multilingual education based on mother tongue is a critical component of inclusion in education.