Bhasha Certificate selfie campaign to promote multilinguism.

Why in news?

• On 25 February 2022, the Ministry of Education (MoE) launched a campaign named “Bhasha Certificate Se!fie’ to encourage cultural diversity and promote multilingualism and promote the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• This campaign is to promote the Bhasha Sangam mobile app which was developed by MoE and My Gov India.
• It encourages people to upload their selfie with the certificate from their social media accounts using the hashtag #BhashaCertificateSelfie.
• The certificate will be authorized by MoE, which will be provided in Bhasha Sangam mobile app once the user finishes all the levels of the given test.
• The app is available in 22 scheduled Indian languages. It provides the opportunity to learn more than 100 sentences of daily use in these languages.
• The 8^th Schedule to the Constitution consists of the 22 languages.

About Bhasha Sangam Initiative:

• It was launched to commemorate Rashtriya Ekta Diwas which is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel i.e 31st October.
• It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE) under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• It is developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
• Objective- to ensure that people acquire basic conversational skills in Indian languages other than their mother tongue.
• Three sub-initiatives under the Bhasha Sangam scheme:
• Bhasha Sangam initiative for Schools
• Bhasha Sangam Mobile App
• Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Mobile Quiz app