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Abstract

Several vernaculars are used with five major languages; Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto and Urdu in Pakistan. However, the medium of instruction in public and private secondary schools is used English which no one’s Mother Tongue in Pakistan. The study explores the role of the Mother Tongue as Medium of instruction in public and private secondary schools in Sehwan, district Jamshoro. The quantitative approach was used in this study. Simple random sampling was used in this study. Data were collected from sixty students and eight teachers by distributing questionnaire. After collecting the data, it was analyzed in Microsoft Excel for making pie and bar charts. The study found the important role of the Mother Tongue as a medium of instruction in Secondary education in both public and private schools in Sehwan. The Mother Tongue was found to be used in classroom interaction, participation in activities in the classroom, clearing the concept of science and other subjects in the Mother Tongue, students’ performances and language in examinations. Moreover, the majority of the student and teacher participants suggested that the Mother Tongue should be the Medium of instruction in Secondary Schools in Sehwan, district Jamshoro.