Multilingual education in India and the English-only myth

Rao, A. Giridhar (2016) Multilingual education in India and the English-only myth. In: Language Policy and Education in India: Documents, contexts and debates. Routledge India, pp. 236-245. ISBN 9781315542454

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Abstract

India’s ‘crisis in learning’ (Banerji 2014) has been meticulously documented since 2005 by the Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER) – a citizen-led survey of about 600,000 children. These surveys test reading and arithmetic skills in every district of rural India. As their website explains, Children in the age group 5–16 are tested in basic reading and basic arithmetic. The same test is administered to all children. The highest level of reading tested corresponds to what is expected in Std 2; in 2012 this test was administered in 16 regional languages.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Rao, A. Giridhar
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Sridhar, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mishra, Sunita UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Public administration > General considerations of public administration > Public administration of general forms of assistance > Census and surveys Social sciences > Education > Elementary education Social sciences > Education > Curricula > Curriculum development
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Education
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7293
Publisher URL:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9...

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