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title: "Reading the NEP 12: Languages, Arts and Indian Knowledge"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "GuruSetu"
resource_person_role: "An animated series for teachers in Indian higher education"
vertical: "policy"
module: "Reading the NEP"
lesson: "Reading the NEP 12: Languages, Arts and Indian Knowledge"
lesson_key: "reading-the-nep-12-languages-arts-and-indian-knowledge"
source: "GuruSetu original"
source_channel: "GuruSetu"
---
# Reading the NEP 12: Languages, Arts and Indian Knowledge: Highlights

**Resource person:** GuruSetu - An animated series for teachers in Indian higher education

1. A programme’s adopted language arrangements depend on relevant state and university decisions, not just a general policy sentence.
2. A percentage or requirement may come from a subsequent guideline or ordinance rather than the policy itself.
3. Students and teachers connect disciplinary terms with familiar language and discuss where translations change or obscure meaning.
4. Use a reliable primary text or translation, identify its date and context, and examine claims with appropriate disciplinary methods.
5. Ask what evidence supports it, what its limits are and how specialists in the relevant field interpret the source.