Author: Arpita Mondal
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/PP/030210024
Abstract: Language is a medium of communication. Mother tongue is a means of exchanging information and expressing opinions freely. However the main purpose behind conducting this study is to investigate reasons related to language barriers and dropout in school education, to examine the long term impact of Macaulay’s Minute(1835) in school education, to find out how much priority was given to the recommendations of the Macaulay’s Minute (1835) regarding school education in the New Education Policy (NEP). The researcher has relied on primary and secondary sources to complete the research paper. The researcher has used Qualitative method to complete the research paper in question. So in this case the researcher has done historical and content analysis. As a result of interaction in English medium, language barriers are being created in school education and gradually the possibility of dropout is emerging. This can be considered as the long term impact of “Macaulays Minute”. In that case, according to NEP-2020 recommendations, English has been shown as an International Language. So, NEP -2020 has introduced “three language formula” in the field of school education. In this “three language formula” more importance has been given to regional language/ local language/ mother tongue. English language has been given importance as the third language in the field of school education.
Keywords: Macaulay’s Minute, Language Barriers, Dropout, School Education, NEP-2020.
Page No: 157-162