How about employers in India pay an #EnglishTax when they insist on conducting interviews in English where spoken English is not a clear job necessity?
Absolutely. In Garuda, for technical positions, I found candidates express more naturally and easily in Hindi. I found them better hires than English-speaking ones.
It's designed to create a reaction from the English crowd. 😀
But seriously, we will need to address embedded prejudice in employers to change the system. Which will need either incentive or penalty. This is a trial balloon.
Any theory that claims English-speaking as the reason for India’s success must also explain why other countries with large English-speaking populations don’t show the same success.
Why are Pakistan and Nigeria not “IT Superpowers” vs Israel and China.
English Bubble says: Everyone wants to study in English-medium
Reality: When they have a choice only 16% watch English videos.
Reality: People want jobs, not English. India has created a system where English has been made a barrier. Not due to "global" necessity, but bad policy.
Lol. Do you know how many characters Chinese and Japanese scripts have? And they do all their technology in their languages, are far more advanced than India.
#EnglishClass in India has a meltdown on my #IndianLanguage advocacy, in English, because they can't dismiss me like they do those from Hindi/Kannada/Marathi lit background.
I've done all they dream of.😏 I'm blessed to speak for those left behind by #EnglishApartheid. 🙏
You don't code in any natural language, but in programming languages, which may need a small set of English keywords. But one doesn't need to know how to speak English or study in English to learn these.
China *requires* that MNCs operate in Chinese. It requires contracts be signed in Chinese. It requires technology transfer from tech companies who must first translate to Chinese.
India: “Please give us English only. We are rapidly ispeaking the language.”