Impact of Medium of Instruction on Student's Learning

The medium of instruction is crucial in transforming education and making it easier or difficult for a student. In Pakistan, there is a considerable gap in the attitudes of the students getting the education in English, Urdu, and Regional languages. The level of understanding among the students differs due to learning in the medium of instruction in national and mother tongues. The study aims to assess the role of mother tongue as a medium of instruction at school/college level in the academic growth of the students in Pakistan. This study will also help us to investigate the merits and demerits of the medium of instruction in the mother tongue, and Urdu and English language. For the research survey design was used, in which 25 participants of 7th four week National Training Workshop on Educational Leadership and Institutional Management were asked questions on the medium of instruction in Pakistan. Most of the respondents think that intellectual development is more in Urdu (mother tongue) as a medium of instruction rather than English or the regional language. It was also found that the English language is the need of the time to cope with international developments in science and technology.