UGC directs colleges, universities to celebrate ‘Matribhasha Diwas’ on February 21
The Commission has asked all institutions to upload a report on the celebration of the event on the UGC Activity Monitoring Portal - ugc.ac.in/uamp once the celebration is over.
UGC directs colleges, universities to celebrate ‘Matribhasha Diwas’ on February 21
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all the higher educational institutions to observe ‘Matribhasha Diwas’ on February 21. The Higher Education Regulator directed the colleges, universities to organize activities such as elocution, debate, singing, painting, essay writing competitions, music and dramatic performances, exhibitions with all COVID-19 protocols in place to celebrate the occasion.
The Commission has asked all institutions to upload a report on the celebration of the event on the UGC Activity Monitoring Portal - ugc.ac.in/uamp once the celebration is over.
“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared February 21 as International Mother Language Day to promote the dissemination of mother language of all and create awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions and diversity across the world and to inspire solidarity among people of different cultures, speaking different languages,” the UGC said in an official statement.
India also celebrates ‘Matribhasha Diwas’ on this day every year to promote the use of the mother tongue. In 2021, the higher education regulator had asked the colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions to observe cyber Jagrookta (Awareness) Diwas every month to spread awareness amongst students to deal with cybercrime
Meanwhile, UGC has termed a notice circulating across various platforms as ‘fake’ which states that the Commission has allowed universities to conduct examinations in offline mode. As per the UGC, a public notice regarding offline examinations in universities is circulating on social media and claims to be issued by it, “This public notice is FAKE!”. “University Grants Commission has not issued any such notice,” mentions a tweet posted on the official Twitter handle of UGC.
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