IIT Delhi Director V. Ramgopal Rao wrote post carried by @livemint, that B-Tech in local language with end of IITs.
This post is stuck on old paradigms and is self-contradictory. Instead technology in local languages will unleash talent. My rebuttal 1/
livemint.com/education/news…
This post is stuck on old paradigms and is self-contradictory. Instead technology in local languages will unleash talent. My rebuttal 1/
livemint.com/education/news…
His argument—Germany, Japan etc are homogenous and have "started learning from us" and moving to English.
Delusional— with Japanese medium Japan has 10 Nobel Prizes in the last 10 years. They need to learn from India? 🤣
When will *we* learn talent prospers in mother tongue?
Delusional— with Japanese medium Japan has 10 Nobel Prizes in the last 10 years. They need to learn from India? 🤣
When will *we* learn talent prospers in mother tongue?
Argument 2—India is like Europe. I agree. Has he studied how Europe does Science? Every country has education in their own language to the highest levels.
In fact, inter-country migration in Europe for work is similar to inter-state migration in India.
In fact, inter-country migration in Europe for work is similar to inter-state migration in India.
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1288967202025009152?s=20
So he dumbly cites Europe and then says we're producing "global technologists" not ones for Tamilnadu (sic) or Andhra.
Apparently Japanese Nobel prize winners are not "global technologists" nor are the Chinese AI inventors.
For him global=English. 🙄
Apparently Japanese Nobel prize winners are not "global technologists" nor are the Chinese AI inventors.
For him global=English. 🙄
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1280789693622173696?s=20
Then—Our faculty selections need to be on a global scale.
Top institutes are not stuck with English for science and technology. He should look at Technion, which is Hebrew-medium, and is ranked FAR higher than IITs. Israeli tech is FAR ahead of India.
Top institutes are not stuck with English for science and technology. He should look at Technion, which is Hebrew-medium, and is ranked FAR higher than IITs. Israeli tech is FAR ahead of India.
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/761433211222228992?s=20
Finally—BTech in local languages will deprive students of resource material available in English.
Reading ability is different from classroom instructions and exams in a foreign language. Does he realize how India is destroying talent in forcing English?
Reading ability is different from classroom instructions and exams in a foreign language. Does he realize how India is destroying talent in forcing English?
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1280783387137961984?s=20
All these examples are there in my book, "The English Medium Myth." Can someone at IIT Delhi gift him a copy?
grpr.in/emm
grpr.in/emm
The *most* important part that people miss. Language of learning does not have to be the same as language of communication.
One *learns* best in the mother tongue, at the highest level. To communicate one can learn other languages as needed.
One *learns* best in the mother tongue, at the highest level. To communicate one can learn other languages as needed.
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1135255615398338560?s=20
With India's great "English advantage" it should be far ahead of Japan, China, and South Korea, no? English imposition kills progress.
The MP experiment was designed to fail, with budget less than a school. Other countries invest $billions in language.
The MP experiment was designed to fail, with budget less than a school. Other countries invest $billions in language.
https://twitter.com/1abhimat/status/1335039905156767744?s=20
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