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Multilingual education in Nepal: hearsay and reality? A report Year of publication: 2011 Author: Vishnu S. Rai | Maya Rai | Prem Phyak | Nabina Rai Corporate author: UNESCO Kathmandu The present study entitled “Multilingual Education in Nepal: Hearsay and Reality?” was started in April 2011 and completed on 25th May 2011. The main aim of the study was to explore and analyze the realities of the Multilingual Education (MLE) programme being practiced in seven schools from six different districts. The MLE programme was launched by the Department of Education (DOE) with the technical assistance of the Government of Finland in 2007. Nepal Government has planned to implement MLE in 300 schools in the coming years but there have been no comprehensive studies conducted to give an accurate picture of the MLE programme. In this context, the present study was carried out.
Discours du Sous-Directeur général de l'UNESCO pour la culture M. Francesco Bandarin à l'occasion de la Journée internationale de la langue maternelle: Les langues locales pour la citoyenneté mondiale: zoom sur la science; UNESCO, le 21 février 2014 Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO This is an address by Mr. Francesco Bandarin, Assistant Director-General for culture of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day: Local languages for global citizenship: focusing on science. Although little progress has been made to extend the benefits of multilingual education in the areas such as science, development of science will be considerably consolidated if people better understand and utilize local and international languages. 