Language is basic in education. It is through language, and primarily through mother tongue, that a child expresses his or her thoughts and feelings. Likewise its through language that the teacher makes him or her understood to the child, and there upon makes sense of the curriculum as well as of the world to the child. There is a general consensus that a child learns best in a language that he or she understands best and is intimate with. Any education system that ignores this factor, especially at the basic level, ignores not only the childs academic but also human well being. This book...