Which language to teach in?

There is always this dilemma when it comes to educating our children: Should the medium of instruction (and syllabus/contents, etc) be the mother tongue or should it be English (or any other far reaching language of the global village). The conservative lot always back the mother tongue, and the so-called futurists stand by a global language such as English. Both the groups have enough arguments to substantiate their stance.

So whatz the solution? Here is an idea that will surely work!!!

First, accept both sides of the argument. Mother tongue is the corner stone for continuing the legacy/heritage of a region/state/nation. And, English is also essential so that we are able to reach out to (almost) the whole world in an easier and better way. Now the idea is to strike a balance.

So, let us say the primary education syllabus consists of the following subjects/studies (of course after excluding Mother-tongue and English):
Science & Technology, Mathematics, History, Moral science and Geography.
Out of these, History and Moral sciences should necessarily be taught in the mother-tongue because both these would essentially comprise of the legacy/heritage of the region and the teachings that have come from the fore-fathers/mothers, and hence are best understood when taught in the mother tongue.
The remaining subjects viz Science & Technology, Mathematics and Geography should be taught in English, justifying the fact that most of the modern day scientific/technological and mathematical developments (including subjects related to geographical studies) are well documented in English (even though many of such documentations are translations of artifacts in numerous regional languages), and hence making all these abundance of know-how easily available/accessible (over the internet or outside it!).

If this or a similar approach is adapted in most if not all the regions of the world, it would lead to a better place to live in. The world would become a global village in the true spirit by co-existing with (and nourishing) the diversity of all the human cultures, which is also a must for human/universal progress.

Any takers?