Question

why do people give more importance for english than their mother tongue?

Answer 1

now a days many give importance to English becoz English is an international common language and many foreign countries prefer English for communication and people think us that it may give us chance to move to other countries

Answer 2

In today's world we give more Importance to English than our mother tongue because of the various reasons such as :
-English is an international language and many countries speak it 
-learning English helps us to communicate better
-it helps with business related work because now it has crossed the boundaries of state/nation and as there are more than 20 languages in India and more than 200 languages world wide it is the key to communicate with people from different states and countries
-it helps us to get a better job
-helps us with the internet as 95% of sites on the net are in English.
thus by learning English we can cross the state /country barrier  and reach new levels