Author(s): Renuka Shyam Narain, Sunil K. Mishra

Abstract: India is a diverse country with diverse languages in different regions. People from different regions have different mother tongues. However, for education, English is a language that is preferred over others mainly to ensure that students do not face any problem in their professional life. Although for primary education, local languages are still preferred, however; in higher education, English has become the most important learning language (Mohanty, 2017). The recent trends in the increase of English medium schools in India show the fact that parents of the country are giving increasing importance on making their children get well skilled in English to get better jobs in future. English medium schools have not only built-in urban areas, in recent years, these schools are also being built in rural areas as well.

Keywords: English Language Teaching, Medium of Education, Higher education in India.

Article Info: Received: 03 Jan 2021; Received in revised form: 15 Feb 2021; Accepted: 23 Feb 2021; Available online: 28 Feb 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.61.66