Excerpts from Simple Alternate Development Strategy”
Language study
In India, people spend (waste ?) a lot of time in learning languages. A student in states like Kerala , Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh spends about 20- 30% of the school time in learning his mother tongue, English and Hindi and sometimes Sanskrit also in schools like Vidya Mandir. If he learns only one language, he will have more time for learning science, arts, commerce, technical and other such subjects which would increase his knowledge. He will also have time to think originally and experiment. Now, a student does not have time to think at all. India would perhaps have produced many Nobel laureates if the students had time to think by avoiding learning of several languages. In addition to taking away time, learning of several languages prevents intense interest in science and other subjects, thus contributing to the mediocrity in any…
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