Demonstrate that English as a second language in a Kannada medium education (or any regional language) is competitive today.

In upcoming India which is experiencing success through a large body of English speakers, it is understanable that the aspiring child and parent desire "English Medium" education. As a side effect, the schools with regional languages, and their students feel disadvantaged.

A middle-aged parent and professor who did not have and English Medium instruction but now can afford one for their child told me that that they are torn between the choice of either English Medium or Kannada. They are very knowledgable of the benefits that either has to offer - but in our current society, it is realistically a choice of one or the other - evidenced by a few generations of excellent Indian English speakers, with little academic skill and familiarity with their mother tounges, and its culture.

There is the belief that learning in our mother tounge may have several advantages. But, the current system gets us one or the other (hear the Genesis talk). [note to ram: bring in the economic argument here] Maybe, children learn better in their primary language, and english learnt as a second language is viable in modern India too.

The Chandrapal Project is designed to do challenge this undocumented and common myth that seems to drive our social priorities on medium of education. A much debated and emotional topic over the years, but with little hard data and experiements to allow an alternate possibility a chance.

Our approach is to not have to make this choice as an either or choice - There is no reason not to have both - excelent ability in English and excellent ability in our mother tounge. The promise is that if we can do that, we will push the limit of what the educated Indian can accomplish at a global scale. Llearning and intuition are so tied to language - and when we force the system to have an either or choice, we limit ourselves. It is true that the educated Indian has excelled at a global scale - but they are often the few and fortunate. If we remove the hurldes placed on our children today, imagine the scale and volume of advancement we can achive for our people.

The Chandrapal Project is structued with these objectives:

1. Provide good English as a Second Language education in a Kannada medium school - Kadiyali Higher Primary School

2. Achive a level of confidence and ability that rival the "English Medium" kid.

3. Track success - if the Kannada Medium child does as well or better than the English Medium kid - we demonstrate that learning in our mother tounges is a good choice - even for those who can afford the private English Medium school.