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Title: Education in the Mother Tongue: The Case of Nepālbhāṣā (Newari)
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Bal Gopal Shrestha
Bert Van den Hoek
One Sentence Summary: The article focuses on the issue of education in mother tongues with reference to Newari language in particular.

Description: The article focuses on the issue of education in mother tongues. It includes a case study of the Newari language. The article analyzes His Majesty's Government of Nepal's policy on mother tongue education. The author indicates the popular demand for education in mother tongues is low. The author observes that so-called English boarding schools are flourishing among the Newars of Kathmandu. The author argues that a sense for the children's future career easily supersedes language idealism. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-26)

Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1995-01
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_22_01_06.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1995) Vol. 22, no. 1
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Prem K. Khatry
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 22
Source Number: 1
Source Page Numbers: 73-86
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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Media type: text
Resource Type: Article
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Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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