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Eklavya Effect in Language Education in India: The Surge for English Medium in Multilingual Education
Abstract
Emergence of English as an uncontested language in education and the increasing demand for the language for upward mobility has placed the Indian languages at a disadvantage. The India's language-in-education policy, the three-language formula appears to be redundant for English takes over the Indian languages in school education. This development places the learners from tribal, minor, minority languages and rural learners from state majority languages at a disadvantage for these learners are not given their right to learn their language in school, both as a language and as medium of learning. Adopting a mixed method (both qualitative and quantitative processes), this paper presents this critical scene of Indian school education today with the metaphor of Eklavya from the famous Indian epic, the Mahabharatha through an analysis of perceptions of learners on English language education, English and content language classrooms from diverse Indian contexts. The ‘Eklavya effect' like the Mathew effect is noticed in the Indian language education landscape today.
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