Status of English Language Proficiency (ELP) in English Medium versus Other Language Medium Schools in South-Eastern India

Abstract

Given the increase in service sector jobs, the demand for English education in school is increasing day by day. To keep up with this demand the government is also setting up English-medium schools. Apart from state boards, many boards like ICSE and CBSE are also imparting English education. This paper seeks to find out the English language proficiency (ELP) level of pupils of various boards, especially in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. Of the different school Boards, students of Indian Council of Secondary Education (ICSE) board had the greatest proficiency while the lowest proficiency appeared in schools run by respective State Boards.