Researchers: Status of English in South Asia Basic Education

Project Description

The British Council’s work in English for Education Systems (EES) aims for transformational change in English language policy and practice. We believe that better teaching and learning of English increases academic and career opportunities and enables people to participate actively in a global society. Our research and innovation with UK and international partners provide evidence of current practice and approaches as well as 'what works' in English language teaching and learning. Seeking and disseminating this evidence contributes to the development of English language teaching and learning worldwide. We support language teaching and learning in a multilingual world, helping to ensure inclusive and equitable quality language education in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.

In South Asia we engage directly with hundreds of thousands of teachers and indirectly with millions of learners each year within government basic education systems. We work closely with our government partners and national, international and UK organisations and institutions who share our goal to provide all teachers and students with access to high quality English language resources and instruction.

To facilitate this, we are commissioning a set of five individual country reports to provide an overview of how English language teaching and learning is currently situated within basic education in each context. The countries of focus are Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

We expect to recruit two consultants for each country report, working together as experts in this topic and geographical area. We are particularly interested in recruiting early career researchers working alongside established academics in the field, who are nationals of the countries we are focusing on based either at UK or national universities.