India: Regional language schools could teach Maths in English

[Francis Hult]

Express India

 

Regional language schools could teach Maths in English

 

Mumbai, January 3 Observing the declining demand for non-English medium schools especially in Mumbai, the Education Department of the state government is offering a new way to rope in more students, perhaps targeting families wishing to tread the middle path between regional language education and an education in English-medium. So, from the next academic year (2008-2009), students from Standards I to IV in all non-English medium schools can opt to study Science and Math in the English language.

 

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