LANGUAGES DIE. IF WE DON’T TAKE CARE OF IT.

There are over 13 million Bangla-speaking international migrants, 3 million of whom, are children. Most of these children grow up in school systems where their first language is not the language of their parents. Despite parents speaking their native tongue at home, very few children learn to read and write in Bangla. Without formal education in their native language, many immigrant children find it hard to express themselves and discuss complex issues with their parents growing up. Eventually, the culture gap widens within families as most immigrant children forget their mother tongue. In the process, the children lose ties to their homeland. This language-decay is not only visible within the immigrant communities, it is also a burning issue in the homelands. Because of the internet boom, the global languages are pushing their local counterparts to the backseat. English is becoming the household language, which the younger generation is becoming more articulate with. This trend is absolutely normal because they find English “cool”, rather than their native language. But the scary part is, if we don’t teach our children our own language, it won’t survive long. Bangla Iskool has a mission to make Bangla “cool” to the newer generations so that they don’t distance themselves from it. Rather they learn to love it. In Bangla Iskool, we are chasing a dream - one day our following generations all over the world will read, write, understand, enjoy and love Bangla.