how the English Language developed in Uttarakhand
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Education in Uttarakhand: Government bets on English as language of instruction
By: The Financial Express | July 03, 2017 7:45 AM
Uttarakhand bets on English as the language of instruction in its schools.
Given how English has become the lingua franca of white-collared employment, there is also a demand-side push for children learning the language with a reasonable degree of competence. (Representative Image/PTI)
In 2016, only 22.8% of the students in government schools in Uttarakhand could read sentences in English. Just one in two—53.3%—of the students in class 8 could read simple sentences. Given how English has become the lingua franca of white-collared employment, there is also a demand-side push for children learning the language with a reasonable degree of competence. Perhaps with this in mind, the hill state has decided to change the medium of instruction in 18,000 state-government-run schools from Hindi to English, as per a report by The Times of India.
The senior classes will make a gradual shift. The immediate challenge is hiring competent teaching staff for the purpose and/or retraining existing staff to teach in English—a NCERT study shows the teaching of English at the primary level in government schools fell short of the degree of expertise required. A template of 75 simple English sentences has been handed out to schools to begin with. Students will be encouraged to learn and use phrases and sentence like “My apologies!” and “Have a good weekend”.