Multicultural Education in India: Opportunities and Challenges

Author Name : Moksha Sharma

ABSTRACT

In today’s globalized world, imparting multicultural education has become one of the most pertinent requirements as classrooms are becoming more diverse and multicultural. Multiculturalism is a positive endorsement of diversity in the society, usually arising from racial, religious, ethnic and language differences. Multicultural education is characterized by teaching and learning environment that acknowledges the cultural differences among students and maintain cultural pluralism. The objective of imparting multicultural education is to help learners acknowledge and understand cultural differences. There are several opportunities of imparting multicultural education in India in the form of promoting cultural tolerance, developing positive attitude, and giving students a sense of inclusion. There are various challenges of providing multicultural education in form of language barrier, teaching communication skills and different learning styles.

Keywords: Multiculturalism, multicultural education, cultural diversity, equality, social justice.