From the 2027 school year, children with special needs in national schools will for the first time be able to formally study Chinese and Tamil as mother tongue subjects under the new Kurikulum ...

STARTING next year, special needs children in national schools will be able to formally learn Chinese and Tamil as mother tongue subjects for the first time under the new Kurikulum Persekolahan 2027.

With more than 8,000 languages spoken globally, many are endangered due to globalisation and cultural assimilation. International Mother Language Day emphasises the need to protect ...

At two-years-old Florence was referred to NHS Speech and Language Therapy services by her preschool, but, she was not ...

The Times spoke to three of the most viewed Spanish-language educators for children on YouTube to see what goes behind ...

“I was born and raised in an Indigenous Maasai community where Maa, our mother tongue, is more than a language; it is identity and belonging.” The Maa language is spoken by approximately 1.5 million ...

Across the towns and villages of Nagaland, indigenous languages are quietly fading, taking with them centuries of culture, history and identity. While the crisis goes unnoticed by the wider world, its ...

THE recent measures championed by Sen. Loren Legarda in support of early foundational learning and, subsequently, mother tongue education, signal a renewed recognition of something Filipinos have long ...

There is clear evidence that learning in multiple languages, starting with the mother tongue and then gradually adding national and global languages, is good for cognitive abilities and does not ...

The Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy (NLP) has sparked widespread controversy. Stakeholders warned ...

This small but powerful moment captures the promise of multilingual education and the challenge of making it real across India’s vast schooling system. Urban classrooms are melting pots where children ...

The Igbo language, a core pillar of identity and cultural heritage in south-eastern Nigeria, is experiencing declining usage among ...