PUNE: When 13-year-olds Sujit and Akshay met their idol, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Sunday, they were desperate to ask him one question: ‘Why does the government want to snatch away our land for building an airport and factories, and would you help save it?’ But lack of communication skills in English prevented them from doing so.
The same question lingered in the minds of hundreds of other students of zilla parishad (ZP) schools in Rajgurunagar and nearby villages, about 50 km from Pune, who are well acquainted with the burning issues of the airport, MIDC and factories.
Though they are taught English from std I onwards, the subject is taught in Marathi by teachers who have done their diploma in education in Marathi. This hardly equips the students to communicate in the language.
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The same question lingered in the minds of hundreds of other students of zilla parishad (ZP) schools in Rajgurunagar and nearby villages, about 50 km from Pune, who are well acquainted with the burning issues of the airport, MIDC and factories.
Though they are taught English from std I onwards, the subject is taught in Marathi by teachers who have done their diploma in education in Marathi. This hardly equips the students to communicate in the language.
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Perhaps they should have asked him in Hindi... it's the rashtrabhasha isn't it ?
They will not have language problems with the current president Pratibha Patil.
However problem is that current president is only politicians president, APJ was the people's president.