Sri Lanka: Bilingual education system showing good results

[Francis Hult]

The Sunday Times

 

Bilingual education system showing good results - Education Ministry

 

The Ministry of Education says the new bilingual teaching system - of using a mixture of English and the mother tongue (Sinhala or Tamil) to teach the school curriculum - allows better absorption of the English language and overall better educational performance. 

 

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http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090830/FinancialTimes/ft31.html

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