Excellent, well deliberated and written article, Mayur. Personally, I believe that more languages a person has mastery over, the better it is. But it is impractical, if not impossible, to be fluent in many languages. There are limits to how much a person can absorb, in his/her circumstances. But we know that English language proficiency is not something that any parent today could discount. So, it has to be both English and Assamese or whatever the predominant language of communication might be in the region. That brings up the question that Santanu raised, rightly, about the role of the other elephant in the room, of Bolywood Hindi and Hinglish, as a link to the larger population and a need to feel belonged in it as well, if for no other reason, for economic well-being. And last but not the least, is one's mother tongue, if not the predominant regional language, like Bodo or Karbi or Khasi or Bengali.
So, it is a complicated issue, and simple, pleasant answers will never be found. Even though I have little qualification to give any advice here, I can, from personal experience, assert that GOOD vernacular and English language instruction are absolutely critical, like other staples as Mathematics, Science,Citizenship, History and Geography. The key here is ABLE teachers and schools that are well run. Yes, parents' abilities and involvement too are critical. But that is not available for all. For those children, still the largest percentage of a generation, good effective schools with able teaching is a key to survival and prosperity, ALONG with economic development. Ultimately, economic considerations will trump all others and will set the tone of one's society's outlooks and evolution. That is the BAD news. But don't despair. Things do have a way of evolving in ways that have not, historically turned up all that bad :-). c-da On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:44 AM, mayur bora wrote: > > > Thank you Buljit for taking the trouble of circulating it among the > interested > people...... > > I am happy to know about your focussed attention to something enduring for > Dhemaji at a time when majority of the people are satisfied with simply > paying > lip service...... > > Please keep me posted. > > regards...... > > Mayur Bora > AGM, NABARD > Jorhat > 94350 52282 > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Buljit Buragohain <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, September 9, 2010 8:54:23 AM > Subject: [Assam] An article by M Bora (Amar Asom,09.09.2010) > > An article by M Bora (Amar Asom,09.09.2010) > > http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=1998&boxid=101150843 > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
