Democratic constitution of India includes Articles 344(1) and 351 which deal with languages. These languages are included in the eighth schedule which recognizes following 22 languages, representing India as well as South Asia and bringing South Asian communities more closer in the UK for peace. It will connect our next generations with their roots and help to strong relations of UK with South Asian countries.

(1) Assamese (2) Bengali (3) Gujarati (4) Hindi (5) Kannada (6) Kashmiri(7) Konkani (8) Malayalam (9) Manipuri (10) Marathi (11) Nepali (12) Oriya (13) Punjabi (14) Sanskrit (15) Sindhi (16) Tamil (17) Telugu (18) Urdu (19) Bodo (20) Santhali(21) Maithili (22) Dogri.

We are campaigning to increase numbers of Indian languages GCSE and A level students in the UK according to the SKILLS ENGLAND initiative introduced by the UK government on 17 July 2024. More information about SKILLS ENGLAND programme please visit

Email:  skills.england@aducation.gov.uk