east india company's court of directors was responsible for making english language as a medium of higher education.
east india company's court of directors was responsible for making english language as a medium of higher education.
who was responsible for making english language as a medium of higher education?
east india company's court of directors
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english is supposedly the first language and therefore presumably spoken by all residents of singapore. this was partly due to the policy of singapore's government to make english the medium of instruction in all schools in the 1980s (including former chinese-based schools), as well as making english the working language for administration and business in singapore (in short making english the lingua franca among all singaporean). the presence of the english language in singapore has its roots originating from singapore's colonial past, when singapore was a british colony. as a result of the government's policy, english or singlish has become widespread among the residents of singapore, including but not being confined to the chinese singaporeans (esp. the young people). the increase of english/singlish speaking chinese families in singapore was a result of misperceived social and cultural values that the preservation of mother tongues is "low-class" resulting in desperate attempts to replace mother tongues with the english language. as of 2010, it was estimated that 32.6% of singapore chinese speak english at home. but at work or in the city and business district, english is the official lingua franca, but ironically the hokkien dialect remains extant amongst singaporeans, not limiting to the chinese, and operates as an unofficial common language.
chinese singaporeans