We live in a multilingual world. English serves as the lingua franca for education, trade and employment, and is an essential skill for anyone wanting to succeed professionally or academically in the 21st century. English offers enormous opportunities, and one of India’s greatest advantages on the world stage, as compared to China or Russia is how conversant we are! And yet, we must take pride in our multilingualism as a nation and build our ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) architecture on it. The Government of India is working towards more equitable access to high levels of English language proficiency,…