In our educational system, little to no stress is put on the teaching of Queen’s English. Although in most of the schools, the medium of instruction is English, it is not taught properly.
In the modern world, all the scientific research is done in English. In order to keep up with the rest of the world, we need to lay proper emphasis to teach functional English. We are still divided on the issue whether the medium of instruction should be English or Urdu. There is no harm in learning and teaching both the languages.
At intermediate and bachelors level, most of the students fail in the subject of English. This low pass-percentage should be considered alarming. We must do something to improve overall pass-percentage in this subject. The basic reason for failure is that it is not taught at primary-level.
Secondly, we lack trained English teachers.
Mastery on any language is acquired by learning it properly. We have the same ancient system of teaching, especially languages. New and practical system should be devised and implemented. The root cause must be removed and proper emphasis should be laid on teaching functional English.
JAVAID BASHIR
Lahore
