One of the salient features of colonialism is the monopoly of education. Provision of education in the language dictated by the imperial authorities can also synergistically reinforce the colonial rule. In a manner reminiscent of the extinct nations, delivery of education completely in the language of the colonial state is another calculated policy to obliterate the invaded nation gradually. Substituting the native language with a colonial language is a malignant expedient policy. By destroying the native language of the subjected nation, the colonial rulers are well aware that they can steadily weaken the subjugated nation’s resistance and their demand for breaking free from the bondage of colonialism. They are conscious of the fact that language is the interconnecting network of a nation’s cultural, moral, aesthetic, legal, social and economic identity. The occupying states know well enough that a national identity would not be annihilated easily without destruction of the native language of the occupied nations. They know that the youths of the subjugated nations cannot be indoctrinated with a false history and identity without the destruction of their native languages.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:21:54 +0000
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