Mother Tongue As A Medium Of Instruction In Gujarat: Measuring The Impact On Personality Development In Children Through Core Self-Evaluation Approach

Abstract

Quality education is one of the key sustainable development goals. The new education policy in India emphasizes on mother tongue instruction up to class 5 to foster a faster learning process, improved learning outcomes, enhanced classroom participation, and decrease in school dropout rate. These benefits, if experienced, help in building the personality of the child and enhances the quality of education. This study is an attempt to understand the impact of mother tongue-based instruction until class 5 on the personality development of the child through core self-evaluation scale. A total of 600 children whose mother tongue is Gujarati, who underwent mother tongue-based instruction until class 5 and are now studying in 6th, 7th, and 8th classes in Gujarati medium schools in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat have been considered for the study. Results showed that there no impact of mother tongue-based instruction on the personality development of a child.