Hindustan Times - CNN-IBN poll
For many years now, Lotus Learning has been saying that ” Better English leads to Better jobs”, and ” Master English and Master your world”. Now, it seems that the whole of India is also saying the same thing.
A recent poll conducted over 3506 people in Metros, Large Towns, and Small Towns found the following results:
1. 87% of all people surveyed believe that speaking English is important to succeed.
2. 54% of all people feel that those who can speak better and more fluent English are superior to them.
“ It is a mistake to think of English as simply a language. It is probably more useful to think of it as a resource : Something like land, a family business or social connections”
Satish Deshpande, Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics.
This has been reported in detail in State of the Nation Part II of VI, which is being broadcast on CNN-IBN tonight ( Tuesday 11 ) at 10 pm.
It also appeared as a major Editorial article in the Hindustan Times on August 11.
