RANCHI, Jan. 7 -- State higher and technical education minister Sudivya Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated a two-day conclave aimed at deliberating on the challenges of imparting multilingual education to schoolchildren in line with the provisions of the National Education Policy.

Addressing the National Multilingual Education Conclave, the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC), through the Promotion of Appropriate Language and Academic Skills for Holistic Education (PALASH) multilingual education project, has introduced five tribal languages, Kurukh, Santhali, Mundari, Ho and Kharia, in primary education, but only in eight districts so far.

He said the state's four regional languages, Khortha, Nagpuri, Panchpargania and Kurmali, also ...