<div dir="ltr"><br><p>A COUPLE of years ago, the PML-N suddenly announced that the Punjab
government was switching to English as the medium of instruction in all
public schools. </p>
<p>The switch was made, though the ground realities were incongruous.
But a couple of months back, we heard that the government was having
second thoughts and had stopped printing textbooks pending a decision on
the language issue. We will know the decision soon enough as the new
academic year is not too far off. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI)
manifesto promises that English would be taught as a language from the
start but Urdu or the home language/mother tongue of an area would be
retained as the medium of instruction...........</p><p>Read more at <a href="http://www.dawn.com/news/1080892/english-at-a-cost">http://www.dawn.com/news/1080892/english-at-a-cost</a><br clear="all"></p><br>-- <br>Ayaz Ahmad<br>
Lecturer in English,<br>Department of English,<br>Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. <br>Ph.D. Research Scholar,<br>Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia),<br>University of Peshawar.<br>Cell Phone: +92-334-8432207
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