GLOBALIZATION OF ENGLISH AND ITS IMPACT ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF NEPAL

Abstract

Education is known as the backbone of a country. It is true that as a person cannot move without backbone, in the same way, a country cannot run without quality education system today. There should also be a close link between lower and higher levels of education. Lower education prepares base for higher education. On the other hand, higher education has to prepare qualified and skillful human resources. Today, the world is developing with open society and global quality in which English education has played the main role because English education has made people responsive to changes. So, higher education should produce highly qualified human resources to be able to compete not only in their own country but also in other countries, and for this purpose, English has been a very important subject. Education plays a very important role for the national development of a country. Higher education should make persons responsible to change in policy making as a symbol of reform. But to make judgments about the reforms of higher education, it is necessary to examine the existing education system in terms of national and international perspectives. There is a close relationship between higher education and development of a country. Education should follow the pace of change in a country as it is being run in the educational system of the world. Higher education should be in the direction of changing concepts for the future needs and not only for present. Educational system should have visions to be changing to cater to the needs of the citizens in the demanding and challenging future of the world and the market of opportunities. So, higher education has to provide skills and abilities to the students so that they will not be left behind in the process of globalization of the world.