Abolition of English at Primary Level ( Class I to V ) in West Bengal for the Period from 1983 to 2004 by the State Government and its After-Effect on Educational Scenario of Bengal
| Vol-4 | Issue-04 | April 2019 | Published Online: 15 April 2019 PDF ( 136 KB ) | ||
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| Pankaj Kumar Bhunia 1; Dr. Mahima Chandrakar 2 | ||
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1Research Scholar, Department of English, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University, Bhopal 2Professor, Department of English, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University, Bhopal |
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| Abstract | ||
Language being used as a political tool in multilingual societies has been a common occurrence throughout history, and the abolition of English by the leftist government of West Bengal is an example. Petty vote bank benefits have led to a situation wherein 2 generations of Bengali youth have been left behind in various careers and services for not being “smart enough” to converse fluently in English. |
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| Keywords | ||
| mother tongue, English-shy, language, social upliftment, vote bank politics, educational dualism | ||
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