Why is Pakistan swapping English for Urdu?
The population of Pakistan is about to reach 200 million and is expected to go over 270 million by the middle of the century. It means more and more young Pakistanis are going to be educated for the next several decades.
A big change is going to happen in this mostly Muslim country. The language. English and Urdu, their native language, are their official languages now but they are going to use just one of them. Guess what? Urdu, not English, will be the only official language in Pakistan. If they live mostly in their domestic societies and communicate mainly with each other, that won’t be a big change or problem. But for young children who will have to seek for better education, find jobs or develop more prospective careers may have to face extra challenges. If children are educated only in one mother language, they have to learn English as a foreign language, which tend to make many if not most students learn it less eagerly, like other countries.
Will this move create more culturally united community or financially divided country? Singapore, Philippine or Hong Kong may get you some idea.
Enjoy reading and learning about this recent move in Pakistan.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2015/07/pakistan-swapping-english-urdu-language-150715161454573.html
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