How important is it for schools to teach Adibashi children to write in their language?
This is a significant challenge. It is important to retain one’s heritage including language and culture to the extent possible. However, I do not believe that the interests of the adibashi people can be served by educating their children in their native languages. This is a very dangerous proposition with unintended negative consequences. To prosper in Bangladesh and in the world, adibashis need to master Bangla and English first. Native languages can be taught separately through cultural institutes and other organisations. At most those languages that are sufficiently developed can be taught in the school as a language course. I find it ironic that our elites who are the proponents of educating adibashi students in their native languages actually send their children to English medium schools. What is good for the goose must also be good for the gander. How is Canada as a place for Bangladeshi immigrants to succeed? Canada is a great country. It is a country that has embraced multicul
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