“English-medium education is a sign of mental slavery,” Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan slammed the English-medium educational system, stating it shows the class-conscious mindset left by the British and the society has inherited. He said the idea of the British was to “create a class in India which is Indian in color but British in demeanor, to rule the sub-continent.”

While speaking at a Punjab Education Convention 2021 on Wednesday, the premier said that after independence from the British, Pakistan should have developed an education system that helped “create the nation.” He said that three different education systems are currently being taught in the country: Urdu-Medium, English-Medium, and Madressah education system.

“The English-medium [system] progressed in such a way that there was less stress on education and more importance on creating ‘desi vilayati’ (local foreigners). The approaches and mental slavery of another culture were absorbed.”

Reminiscing his academic days, Khan said that when he went to England for higher education, he felt like “I was made an English public-school boy and not a Pakistani. I was distanced from my culture and my religion while being in Pakistan.”

He said that we had become servants of an alien culture, whereas the government-owned schools gave us the best intellectuals in the past.

The Premiere observed that honesty and loyalty were the hallmarks of true leadership and emphasized the need of making the young generations familiar with the virtues of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)