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NCERT Chief highlights risks of overemphasis on english-medium education
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: NCERT Director D P Saklani has expressed serious concerns over the prevailing fascination with English-medium schools among parents, despite many of these institutions lacking adequately trained teachers, calling it 'no less than suicide'. Government schools, he emphasized, now offer quality education.
During an interaction with news reporters, Saklani highlighted that cramming content in English has resulted in a significant loss of knowledge among children while distancing them from their roots and culture. He noted that parental obsession with English-medium schools persists, even when these schools lack qualified teachers, making the practice detrimental to students. 'This is why the new education policy stresses teaching in mother tongue,' he remarked.
Saklani also underscored the importance of a multilingual approach, which does not aim to eliminate any language but encourages learning multiple languages to foster a deeper understanding of one's heritage. An example cited was an initiative to create primers in tribal languages to enhance cognitive development among students. 'Language should be an enabler, not a barrier,' he said.
