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Re:What I learned from the Chinese about our Indian online m... by pakhibagai on Saturday August 06, 2016 @03:55PM (#12239608)
"With very low per capita income in India I think language issue is secondary"

Flip that around for a while. If the language issue was made primary, you could literally speak any language and have access to quality education and higher-paying jobs.

Just read an article yesterday that said that 60 students were expelled from the IITs - one of the major reasons being that they could not cope with English as the medium of instruction: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/educat...

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Re:What I learned from the Chinese about our Indian online m... by geodel on Saturday August 06, 2016 @04:39PM (#12239801)
How would you make it primary? It would take a lot more resources to have services in multiple languages and resource are the big issue in first place.

From the article you linked:

> Apart from the language issue, the inability to apply knowledge to concepts is another reason why students fail.

I know it would be speculation but I think these kids were already below average when admitted.

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