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THE SOUL OF THE BUSINESS
A
PRIVATE FAITH MADE DANGEROUSLY PUBLIC
The Making of a Paper
By SHOMA
CHAUDHURY
In
Gratitude
By TARUN
J TEJPAL
Tehelka
EDUCATIONSUMMIT2007,
New Delhi, April 27
essay
English
Empowers
English has
become the common language of the global market.
those not taught the
language are denied the opportunities that richer students in English
medium schools have
Kancha
Ilaiah
The school education
system in India is squarely divided into two structures in terms of
the medium of instruction—the regional language system and the
English language system.
In terms of population, regional language school
education is meant for Dalit-Bahujan children, while English language
school education is meant for the rich who constitute by and large the
upper castes.
This division also resembles that between government and
private convent English medium school education.
Although the Central
government does run a few English medium schools like the Kendriya Vidyalayas
and some state governments like Andhra Pradesh run a few residential
English medium schools, the basic divide is clear.
The Ce...
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