Medium of Instruction / S Muthukumaran

1. Present Status 2. The History of the Growth of the English Language and the Pre-eminence of our Indian Language 3. Rise of the Hegemony of English 4. The Achievements of Our Forefathers and the Pre-eminence of our education System 5. Why is there no need for education through English medium 6. How to get freedom from the English language

Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality. In many multiethnic and multilingual countries, the choice of a language for the medium of instruction in state educational systems raises a fundamental and complex educational question: what combination of instruction in students' native language(s) and in a second language of wider communication will ensure that students gain both effective subject-content education, as.