Sonali Pradhan presented a seminar on the role of education in promoting unity in diversity. The seminar discussed key concepts such as: 1) Unity in diversity values understanding differences and sees them as enriching interactions rather than just tolerating them. It promotes learning skills and values for students. 2) Components of unity in diversity include multiculturalism, multilingualism, and equity. 3) Multicultural education aims to provide equal access and opportunities for all students regardless of their backgrounds. It incorporates diverse cultures and perspectives into the curriculum.

1. A SEMINAR ON
ROLE OF EDUCATION PROMOTING UNITY
IN DIVERSITY
PRESENTED BY
SONALI PRADHAN
ROLL NO.13MED029
DAPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY
CUTTACK

2. CONCEPT OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY:
It is roots reach back hundreds of years in non-western
cultures such as indigenous peoples in
North America and to its societies in a 100-5000 B.C.
It is based on a mere tolerance of physical,
cultural, linguistic, social, religious, political,
ideological and psychological differences towards
a more complex unity.
Based on an understanding that difference
enriches human interactions.
It promote learning and skills, knowledge and
values to the students.

3. COMPONENTS OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY:
Multiculturalism
Multilingualism
Equity

4. CONCEPT OF MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION :
Its roots are the work of African American scholars
who established the National Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 to focus on
the history and culture of African Americans.
Culture are the universal and expecting other
people to adopt the prospective of the dominant
culture.
It provide cultural diversity and equality in school.

5. Equality ensure that students are provided the
same access to the benefits of society regardless of
their group memberships.
Knowledge and skills for working effectively in
diverse society.

6. How it promote Multicultural Education:
Education must become more fully student
centered and implicitly of the voice and
experiences of a student.
The school should be models for the expression
of human rights and respect for cultural
differences.
Teacher must be prepared to effectively
facilitate learning for every individual students.
Teachers must be understood different cultures
and closely related to the different cultures.

7. Student must have an equal opportunity to
achieve to his/her full potential.
Multicultural content, goals and activities, interest
with subject specific curricular standards.
Curricular must be relevant.
Teacher should be responsible for arranging
different cultural programs.

8. CONCEPT OF MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION:
Multilingual education typically refers to “first
language first” education that is schooling which
begins in the mother tongue and transition to
additional language.
Typically MLE programme suited in developing
countries where speakers of minority languages tend
to be disadvantaged in the mainstream educational
system.
Two or more language used as medium of
instruction.

9. How it promote multilingual education:
Increasing enrollment in school
Emphasis to local culture
Develop awareness on education
Bridge the gap between home language and school
language
Bringing improvement in curricular designing

10. CONCEPT OF EQUITY IN EDUCATION:
Equity means fairness.
It is based on principle of fairness and justice in
allocating, resources, opportunity, treatment and
success for every student.
It is based on the need of the students or person.
Educational equity are 2 types such as horizontal
and vertical equity.

11. How it promote equity in Education:
Access
Instruction
Materials
Interactions
Attitude
Languages