Delhi government to conduct 'Bharatiya Bhasha Summer Camp' in schools from June 23-August 1

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will conduct a seven-day 'Bharatiya Bhasha Summer Camp' in schools in the national capital to promote multilingualism among students during the summer break. This initiative is part of a larger national campaign under the National Education Policy 2020, which encourages linguistic diversity and early exposure to the Indian languages.

According to a circular issued by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) on June 17, the summer camp will be held in all schools, including private institutions, between June 23 and August 1. Each camp will run for four hours daily and aim to enhance basic communication skills, vocabulary, cultural appreciation and confidence-building through engaging activities. The programme will also encourage students to learn languages beyond their mother tongue, it stated.

The camp will involve a total of 28 hours of learning per school and each school must ensure participation of at least 75 to 100 students, the SCERT said in the circular. The students will engage in activities such as self-introduction, real-life conversation practices and vocabulary building in selected Indian languages, it stated.

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As per the guidelines, schools are required to select one language and download the relevant primer from the NCERT website. The selected language will be taught using physical, in-person sessions, the circular stated. The expenditure for conducting the camps at the school level will be met from the Composite School Grant (CSG) under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme as per the existing financial norms, the circular said. The SCERT has also shared tracker links for documentation and asked schools to upload photos and videos of the camp activities, it added.