[lg policy] English at a cost

[Ayaz Ahmed]

A COUPLE of years ago, the PML-N suddenly announced that the Punjab
government was switching to English as the medium of instruction in all
public schools.

The switch was made, though the ground realities were incongruous. But a
couple of months back, we heard that the government was having second
thoughts and had stopped printing textbooks pending a decision on the
language issue. We will know the decision soon enough as the new academic
year is not too far off. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) manifesto
promises that English would be taught as a language from the start but Urdu
or the home language/mother tongue of an area would be retained as the
medium of instruction...........

Read more at http://www.dawn.com/news/1080892/english-at-a-cost

-- 
Ayaz Ahmad
Lecturer in English,
Department of English,
Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan.
Ph.D. Research Scholar,
Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia),
University of Peshawar.
Cell Phone: +92-334-8432207
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