Effect of Bilingual Education on Academic Achievement: Evidence from India
14 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2016 Last revised: 24 Feb 2024
Date Written: February 22, 2024
Abstract
This paper uses the Young Lives Study of Childhood Poverty's school-level data from India to investigate the effects of the bilingual medium of education on academic achievements.
I find that the children who attended bilingual medium schools perform better academically as compared to single medium schools. My findings suggest that the quality of schools, parental education, and teachers' qualifications play significant roles in students' academic achievement along with exposure to bilingual education in the school.
Keywords: bilingual, education, medium of instruction, India, Telugu, English, English medium, academic acheivement, young lives survey, young lives, school survey
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