Before I explore various avenues of thought provocation on this topic, I must tell you that this write up focuses on the sociological and psychological impact of the educational shift.
It is a profound irony that we have reached an era where majority of schools offer everything except actual education. Step outside, and you will find 'Convent' or 'International' schools cramped into tiny, box-like rooms on every street corner. This exponential growth of private institutions; resembling a wild fungal outbreak, begs the question: what is the logical justification for this trend?
While these schools masquerade as symbols of modernity, they are, in reality, graveyards for a child's innate potential. For many, enrolling a child in an English-medium school is less about pedagogy and more about feeding a 'superiority complex' which, psychologically speaking, is merely a masked form oft deep-seated inferiority.
The tragedy is twofold:

The Death of Critical Thinking:

When a child is forced to learn science or math in a foreign tongue, they stop understanding and start parroting. They become 'A for Apple' experts but lose the ability to describe the sweetness of a fruit in their own words. We are producing high-scoring 'robots' rather than free thinkers.
As parents flock to these private shops, government schools are shutting down due to low enrollment. This suits the state, as it absolves them of the financial burden of public education, but it leaves the community intellectually bankrupt.
If we want our youth to be inventors rather than just employees, we must look at nations like Japan or Germany, who conquered the world by teaching in their own languages. We must teach English as a language, not as a medium that stifles the soul.
The style of this write up may seem a little sharp and satirical but in its true sense it tries to convince you to ponder that the
focus of the trend regarding the new culture is basically on the 'business' aspect and the 'Status Symbol' obsession.
'Yoon qatl se bachchon ke wo badnaam na hota
Afsos ke Firaun ko college ki naa soojhi'
(Pity that Pharoah couldn't think of opening the colleges, otherwise he wouldn't have been blamed for killing of the kids.)
Pharaoh missed a golden opportunity.
Even the Pharaoh didn't think of the 'English Medium' scheme to suppress minds. Today, education has been replaced by a commercial circus. Every narrow alley now hosts a 'Global Academy' where the only thing 'global' is the exorbitant fee structure.
For the modern parent, these schools are status symbols. Even teachers from Urdu or any other-medium backgrounds, who spent their lives educating others, succumb to the pressure of sending their own kids to these 'mushroom' schools to satisfy their ego.
The Result?
The result is the Rote-Learning Trap. We are raising a generation of 'Parrots in Ties.'
They can score 90% by memorizing sounds they don’t understand, but they lack an original thought.
Another most significant bait is the cultural alienation. By treating the mother tongue as 'inferior,' these schools instill a psychological complex. A child begins to equate English with intelligence and their own heritage with ignorance.
There is no second opinion that these schools do not guarantee quality education except that they are the trumpets of the corporate objectives. It is the Corporate Education Machine which runs on the fuel obtained from the grind mill of the masses.
These aren't temples of learning; they are retail outlets selling expensive uniforms, heavy books, and the illusion of prestige.
As Iqbal warned, a nest built on a fragile branch cannot endure. If we continue to sacrifice our children's natural cognitive development at the altar of 'English Medium' snobbery, we will be left with degree-holders who have no vision.
Another aspect is a bit poetic and empathetic with focus on the loss of the child’s 'Natural Spirit' and 'Mother Tongue.'
It bears the burden of a borrowed tongue.
Who could have imagined that schools would become the very places where the spirit of learning goes to die? Across the subcontinent, 'English Medium' schools have sprouted like wild mushrooms, severing the sacred bond between a child and their roots.
A child dreams, feels and questions in their mother tongue. It is the language of their heart. When we thrust them into the artificial atmosphere of a foreign medium, we shackle their consciousness. They become prisoners of 'rote culture.' They learn to repeat, but they forget how to create.
We are trading our children’s natural brilliance for a facade of sophistication. We see them as success stories because they speak a few broken sentences of English, yet we fail to see the emptiness in their eyes when asked to think for themselves.
I must remind you that I am not against learning English language but I can not understand the logic behind spoiling the instinctual traits of a kid in the disguise of so called quality education. I strongly believe that education should be a bridge to awareness, not a cage of language. Let us teach English as a tool for international communication, but let the foundation of learning remain in the language the child speaks at home. To save our future generations from becoming 'intellectual slaves,' we must return to a system where a child is not afraid to ask 'Why?' in their own voice.

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