A Kannadiga marries a Tamilian & has one child, lives in Punjab until the kid is 7 & there has another child & moves to Maharashtra for 5 years & then to Telangana for 5 years.
WHAT Happens?
As usual bravado & chest thumping in policy without practical worry. #NewEducationPolicy
Mother tongue across our nation in millions of homes today, means mother tongue & father tongue. Children grow up learning both languages at home.
School is where you are put on an even playing field & given an opportunity to succeed in the world.
#NewEducationPolicy2020
Ignoring glaring issues like inter state marriages, work migration & the importance for English in the 21st Century, the new #NationalEducationPolicy seems to be putting parents & their children in a boxing ring with hands tied behind their back & then asking them to box.
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