Celebrating International Mother Tongue Day should be more than merely ticking one of the boxes

By Opinion | Published Feb 25, 2022

The 21 February 2022 International Mother Tongue Day marked the 25th anniversary of this international event. Leaders across the globe delivered their disquisitions in various platforms on the theme of the day i. e. , Using technology for multilingual learning: challenges and opportunities. The International Mother Tongue celebration is historically a Bangladesh’s brain child and was later approved by the UNESCO in 1999.