<br><br> Forwarded <span class="gmail_quote">From: <a href="mailto:edling@ccat.sas.upenn.edu">edling@ccat.sas.upenn.edu</a><br><br></span>India EduNews<br><br>English-led education cannot sustain growth in India<br><br>Hyderabad: Calling for imparting modern education through Indian languages,
<br>Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Saturday warned that real growth was not possible in India if it was based on "exclusive English-led<br>urban model". Delivering the convocation address at the second convocation of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here, he said the urban and English-centric growth is an unviable and exclusive model would do a disservice to the spirit of India.
<br><br>Singh, who was conferred an honorary D.Litt. degree by the university on the<br>occasion, said education had to play a "socially empowering role", given the<br>social and linguistic diversity of the country.
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