Good morning friends. English speaking is a very important. It is the universal language. In any place in the world everyone should know how. I’m sure every mother will be happy to hear that there will be a stud, a program or a training for English speaking.
Winds of change are sweeping city schools with prestigious institutions now embracing English as a medium of instruction in view of changing times and demands of parents.
Sheth CN Vidyalaya, established in 1926, will be the most recent school to offer English medium from academic year beginning June 2009.
“We have realised that we can’t remain immune to the fact that English is the global language and our students need to be fluent in it to face the future with confidence,” says SK Shah, trustee of the school. It has been receiving demands, mostly from mothers, who want their children to have an edge by studying in an English medium school. “They want their kids to study in CN, but in English medium,” explains Shah.
Authorities of CN, which has the largest campus in Asia spread over 72 acres, wanted to go English last year, but had to stall plans as they didn’t get the right candidate for principal.
CN will be the third school to start English medium after establishing itself as a reputed Gujrati medium school with students regularly figuring in state board merit lists.
Four years ago, Shardamandir High School started offering English as a medium of instruction succumbing to pressure from Gujarati parents belonging to elite families.
“Most of our students are reputed doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs of the city and they constantly egged us to offer English to benefit their wards. We had to do so to retain children of our esteemed students,” says Dinubhai Dave, trustee of Shardamandir.
Diwan Ballubhai Group, which has schools in Kankaria and Paldi, has also started English medium sections.
ref: thetimesofindia
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