India: Course takes English to govt primary schools

[Francis Hult]

The Times of India

 

Course takes English to govt primary schools

 

Despite its importance in day-to-day living, English - the global lingua franca - continues to be a 'foreign language' for students of government primary schools in India. In August 2007, an international magazine had published a report, which stated that two-thirds of such students were not able to read a simple story in English.

 

Full story:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/Course-takes-English-to-govt-primary-schools/articleshow/4167541.cms

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