[EDLING:234] English-led education cannot sustain growth in India

[Francis M. Hult]

India EduNews

English-led education cannot sustain growth in India

Hyderabad: Calling for imparting modern education through Indian languages, 
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 
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.

Singh, who was conferred an honorary D.Litt. degree by the university on the 
occasion, said education had to play a "socially empowering role", given the 
social and linguistic diversity of the country.

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