Mayor Firhad Hakim today inaugurated the renovated Chetla Boys’ School, where along with Bengali, English medium has also been introduced.

Mr Hakim said along with one’s mother tongue it is absolutely necessary to study English which is an international language. Recollecting the past, he said, “There was no English medium when I took admission in school, or else my father could have got me admitted to this school,” he said adding, “Students from middle class families will get quality education where the medium of instruction will be English. The English medium schools in the city have been run by various business groups and it is not possible for the parents of middle class families to send their children to such schools.”

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He said the students here will get the best education as the teachers are sincere and imparting education to the students is their motto.

Bratya Basu, education minister said there was a time when in Bengal there was a debate whether the medium of instruction should be Bengali or English. After coming to power in 2011, Miss Mamata Banerjee changed the proposition and now it is Bengali along with English. He said the British had introduced English so that it would be easier for them to run the administration. “They left seven decades ago, but English education has introduced us to the whole world,” he said. The renovated Chetla Boys’ School has e-classrooms and e-black boards among other facilities.

Mr Hakim also inaugurated a community hall at Harimohan Ghosh College in Kidderpore. He said some people had been staying forcibly at the college. Mr Ranjit Seal took up the matter with them and they had been rehabilitated. Local people had given the construction materials and helped in the construction of the community hall. “My long standing dream has been fulfilled today,” he maintained.