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ERIC Number: EJ635626
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
Resistance Towards the Language of Globalisation--The Case of Sri Lanka.
Punchi, Lakshman
International Review of Education, v47 n3-4 p361-378 Jul 2001
Argues that international monetary organizations influence debt-receiving countries in regard to their educational policies. Stresses the importance of retaining a national educational policy as a means of empowerment and liberation for its masses, and for creating stronger ethnic harmony. In particular, Sri Lanka must continue to teach in the mother tongues rather than English. (Contains 22 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English (Second Language), Global Approach, Language Attitudes, Languages, Local Issues, Multilingualism, Politics, Politics of Education, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Sri Lanka
Note: Special issue on globalization, language, and education.