Specifically, the importance of mother tongue in education is due to that:
- It is the best medium for the expression of one’s ideas and feelings, and hence the most potent agent for mutual communication and exchange of ideas.
- It is through the mother tongue that individuals form themselves into social groups.
- It is the best medium for acquiring knowledge and instrument for intellectual development.
- It is an instrument of self-expression, emotional development and individual growth of the pupil.