I love english as a language, but...

Hi friends...
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Namaste...
A few days back, our Hon. Supreme Court displayed fear that the China would surpass India in English Proficiency... The statement of Hon. Supreme Court was based on the survey done by a NGO called Pratham, which states that the learning ability of English words of a child in standard 1st in India is 43.5%. Gujarat, which has recorded a milestone growth rate of 11.5% shows that not more than 25% of children can read and comprehend English at the standard 1 level (!!)
Bihar, with growth rate of 11.2% shows that only (!!) 33% children of age of 6 and 7 years [this would be the age where they are in std 1] have the ability to read English... The same data shows that Karnataka with the glitter of high high-tech education, has barely 37% of kids of standard 1, having basic knowledge of English! Orissa shows 34.5% and Jharkhand shows 41.8% are other states with low intellect of kids as per the survey (!!)
The entire survey is absolutely baseless and whole heartedly humiliating..
Firstly, the states which are shown as examples are the states that have achieved exemplary growth rate in the last 5 years... According to an eminent economist, Swaminarayan Anklesaria Aiyyar, in an article in his column Swaminomics, commented that in the 5 years, till the mid 2009, the growth rate achieved by Gujarat was 11.5% , and was highest in India.
Bihar at 2nd best registered 11.2% growth rate and that too, from the negative growth rate of -5.5%. [Magnificiant progress]. Jharkhand at 9.71% and Karnataka above 7% (which is calculated as the base percentage for desirable growth rate) have illustrious progress to show... Now, the next generation of these states, being judged as having low intellect and that too, for a frivolous reason of insufficient knowledge of a foreign language at the tender age of 6 or 7, is totally absurd..
This is the age the child learns the basic values of being a good human, responsible citizen and devoted patriot... The knowledge of a foreign language is not at all a must...
My question...
Are we preparing a society of tomorrow, without any concern for or integrity with the fellow countrymen? I have seen that the child without sufficient knowledge of mother tongue has no affinity or empathy with the society around them. These young ones grow up to condemn everything that is Indian... The essence of patriotism do not matter to them as they start speaking only in a foreign language.
India becomes foreign to them..
I do not wish to imply here that the learning English or any other foreign language is not welcome. But, the child going to an English Medium School must have to learn their mother tongue fluently and the knowledge of Indian languages should not only be compulsory but respected as much as learning Science and Math... As these languages will connect the next generation which has already stated disintegrating with their roots and our cultural heritage...
We should remember that the knowledge of English, that too at standard 1st level, should never be made a criterion for judging the intellect of our young. This trend will put undue burden on them and their teachers. The result will be that teachers will try hard to make them learn English instead of grooming their overall potential on one hand and teaching essential patriotic values on the other.