[EDLING:1440] Bangla medium versus English medium

[Francis M. Hult]

The Financial Express

Opinion  

Bangla medium versus English medium  

Nahid Kaisar Toma  
4/9/2006  

SO many hymns have been dedicated to the cause of the 'necessity of learning 
English' that to say more will be a waste of time on my part. Nor can I afford 
to dismiss the 'grand' role the language plays in our public, social, 
economic, national and the most influential international sphere. 
My concern is to discuss how successful English medium education is for 
Bangladeshi students and what does an English medium education offer which 
Bangla medium students miss. Is English, as a medium, stronger than Bangla for 
Bangladeshi students? I don't think so. For a Bangladeshi student (I mean born 
and bred in Bangladesh) no language, I emphasise, no language but Bangla can 
be the most successful media for education.

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