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Death of English medium in schools Source:Island There have been several articles on the deterioration of the English education in the country. My friend Dr. Weeraratne has pointed out some relevant facts about the need to improve English Education ( The Island, 14/11/2022) but it also has some factual errors. English medium in the sciences was abolished in the early 1970s and not in1957. This was due to an ill-conceived action taken by Mrs. Bandaranaike with the help of the then minister of education, Baduideen Mohomad. Almost overnight English medium was abolished and this had an enormous impact on the science education of this country. It is true that some students who followed science courses in the swabasha medium have excelled in their relevant fields. However, those who could not enter the universities lost the golden opportunity of learning English in the schools which would enable to those left out ...