“Ahmedabad: For 94% of the primary students in India, English is an alien language. And this is official.
A study conducted by the Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO) of the Planning Commission has revealed that 94 per cent of the students in primary schools across the country cannot recognise the English alphabets. This reality check is major setback for prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s UPA government that has embarked on a major initiative to universalise primary education, and grant the right to education.
The ‘Programme Evaluation Organization’ (PEO) headed by deputychairman Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has come out with this data through an evaluation study of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in order to assess its impact.”
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Dear Sir,
I am not surprised if this is the case with children.Because, the teachers in primary and high school level are in no way better. A blunt instrument can only hack tear. It can not cut sharp. I can give you several examples of English lecturers in Under-graduate level taking UGC salary who can not speak grammatically correct sentences nor can they read an unseen passage without errors. Needless to speak about pronunciation.
Dear Sir,
I am not surprised if this is the case with children. Because, the teachers in primary and high school levels are in no way better. A blunt instrument can only hack or tear. It can not cut sharp. I can give you several examples of English lecturers in Under-graduate level taking UGC salary who can not speak grammatically correct sentences nor can they read an unseen passage without errors. Needless to speak about pronunciation.
I would agree to what you said. This talk about kids because the survey involved them, had it involved the teachers, the results would have been the same 🙁
i do agree with the observations. infact the scene is pathetic. In a state like haryana boasting of highest per capita income teaching of english language is in shambels. leave aside children teachers of english at all the levels are by and large ineffective. Need to overhaul the whole process of teaching english.