The plight of the Unfortunate
After witnessing the education system through the
windows of our Government school, it is obvious that the system ensures to
sustain the rich and poor gap for forthcoming generations. The state
language is offered to the less fortunate children, while
the fortunate grasped the language that fetched them future
jobs and a promising career.
The issue is that vernacular medium is not wholesome.
Beyond schooling, the children are in for a cultural shock which they hardly
recover from. To a non-English medium student, learning in an engineering
college has been a painful struggle. Some even fail to pass the subjects as
they move from one semester to another. They hardly make any attempt themselves
to seek help and avoid contact and tend to stay only with other non-English
medium ones; which makes the situation worse and thereby they lose a fine
opportunity to mature as fluent communicators. Added to this is their inability
to participate in day-to-today experiences academically and socially. Because
of such effective blocks, they avoid using English and hardly interact with
their English medium peers or faculty for they probably believe that they may
be getting into embarrassing situations and see their errors as threats to
their egos. The shock is complete with their intelligence stunned and
self-confidence eroded; consequently, it leads to avoidance, isolation and
total loneliness in body and mind. They go through the motions, move from one
semester to another until the frustration and inaction end, thankfully at the
end of the eighth semester. Most government school teachers are poorly trained
and barely proficient in the language.
1. Government
schools to provide good quality English medium education through teachers who
are proficient and fluent in English.
(or)
2. State
language should be offered as the medium of education in Engineering and
medical colleges and also as the medium of communication in job interviews.
Either of the above should be actioned in order to help
these children. Else, only self-awareness and self-effort could. Hence, the
book The New You is designed to
develop essential life skills and English language skills. Specially tailored
for students who love to converse in English despite their non-English speaking
background.
Author Website: http://bharathisanthosh.in
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