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From next year, four other langua­ges will be introd­uced as the medium of instru­ction in school­s.

Speakers at a seminar on Mother Tongue Instruction and Inclusive Education underscored the need to impart education in the mother tongue on Tuesday.
Participants including native speakers of endangered languages, appreciated the government for establishing the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Language Authority and called for the inclusion of local communities in policy formulation.
The speakers said there was growing awareness about the preservation and documentation of indigenous languages, compared to the past.
Speaking on the occasion, Farzana Mehboob, a representative of the K-P Textbook Board told the meeting that the board introduced Pashto as the medium of instruction across the province.
“From next year, four other languages will be introduced as the medium of instruction in schools.”