They reach secondary or higher secondary level without being able to paraphrase a stanza of a poem or explain a prose paragraph. It is an irony that these students are taught to translate a prose paragraph into Urdu (a question reserved for Urdu medium students) instead of explaining it in English (a condition exclusively for English medium students). - Advertisement -Whenever there is a question related to translation of a Urdu passage into English, or vice versa, there is always an alternative question available exclusively for English medium students to translate or explain an English-language paragraph in English. Compared to our traditional examination system, the Cambridge system teaches English as a language. For instance, in the traditional system, students are asked to write stories on the given proverbs or axioms.

Source: Pakistan Today January 23, 2023 18:31 UTC