This unique form of pedagogy finds its roots in the belief that a child going to either pre-primary or primary school should be first taught in his/her mother tongue/home language before they are introduced to the medium of instruction in schools, when different from their mother tongue. NEG-FIRE firmly believes that it is important for a child to acquire fluency in language that will then provide support in learning other subjects. A child starts schooling with knowledge of ‘mother tongue or home language” and when teaching continues in the mother tongue they learn faster. We also believe that a child has the capacity to learn multiple languages and hence transition from mother-tongue to medium of Instruction is possible. We have a treasure of mother tongue based multi-lingual primers and TLMs (storybooks, poems, riddles and more) in 11 languages. We have now started the expansion of this pool. Upcoming languages are Korku, Muria Gond and Koya tribal languages.