and international organisations >>
All languages created by human communities are our collective cultural heritage. Therefore, it is our collective responsibility to ensure that they do not face the global phonocide let loose in our time. | Read or download the full lecture here >>
This lecture was delivered by Prof. Ganesh N. Devy as part of a national consultation on ‘Education among Adivasis/Tribals’ held at NIAS (September 26-28th, 2010) under the ‘Education Portfolio’. The ‘Education Portfolio’ is supported by the Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai and its activities focus on conducting research related to issues of education at all levels. Research under the ‘Platform for Education Policy’ focuses on reviewing and assessing various policies at the central and state levels, while the ‘Curriculum Exchange Network’ focuses on developing and fostering debates and sharing of curricula for various subjects and disciplines.
- Adivasi Academy & Museum of Adivasi Voice at Tejgadh
- Appropriate education for Adivasi children – the Vidyodaya School model
- Childhood | Children’s books
- Childrens rights: UNICEF India
- Community facilities
- Convention on the Rights of the Child: The children’s version | Unicef
- eBook | Background guide for education
- eBook | Free resources for rural education and health care – Unicef
- eBook | “Where the mind is without fear”: Tagore, Gitanjali and the Nobel Prize
- Education and literacy | A View of Higher Education in India | Right to education
- eJournals, eBooks & reports
- eLearning | “National development and the development of tribal communities are linked to each other”: Droupadi Murmu – 15th President of India
- Endangered language
- Forest Rights Act (FRA) | Illegal mining
- Health and nutrition | Recommendations by the Expert Committee
- Multi-lingual education & Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)
- Residential school | Ekalavya
- Resources for the classroom: Learning from and about India’s tribal communities, their culture and knowledge systems
- RSV School & Museum of Santal Culture (West Bengal)
- Scheduled Tribes (ST) | Success story
- Tagore and rural culture
- Tribal Children’s Right to Education in India
- Unesco | Unicef | Unicef India | United Nations
- United Nations International Days and Weeks
- Video | “Nations don’t make us human – languages make us human”: Ganesh Devy
- Women | President Droupadi Murmu on women’s empowerment
Tip: click on any red marker for details on endangered languages in a particular region of India.
Please note: the facts and figures cited (via hyperlinks) links call for updates and fact checking >>
Learn more: Endangered languages: Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India >>