Multilingual Education in India

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Multilingual Education ◽  
Education In India

The English-Only Myth

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Giridhar Rao
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Education System ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
English Only ◽  
Multilingual Education ◽  
Medium Education ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Better Than

The first section of this overview starts by briefly sketching the state of the school education system in India. We then note that English-medium private schools are often not much better than government schools (whether English-medium or not). The second section argues that English-medium education in India must be seen in the larger context of a mother-tongue-medium education. English-medium-only education in India gives poor educational results, and it increases social inequalities. The way forward lies in a mother-tongue-based multilingual education that includes English.

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