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<h2 itemprop="description" class="">In 2015, 0.22 % students took Gujarati in Class XII science.</h2>
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<p><img class="" src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2015/10/students-main.jpg" alt="GSHSEB, gujarat education, compulsory gujarati, science education, gujarat news" height="422" width="759">The
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has
proposed to make Gujarati compulsory for Class XI and XII science stream
students. The move comes in the wake of reports of youngsters in the
state losing interest in their mother tongue.</p>
<p>The move is the first phase in reviving the language and.for its
implementation, inputs from various organisations, like Matrubhasha
Abhiyan, that are campaigning for reviving Gujarati have already been
sought by the board.</p><div class="" id="div-gpt-ad-1429260192255-0">
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<p>In 2015, hardly 0.22 per cent students took Gujarati in Class XII
science against 84.13 per cent students who preferred English in GSHSEB
board examinations.<br>
GSHSEB deputy chairman R R Thakkar confirmed the development saying,
“The board has received suggestions from various sections of society
recommending ways to revive interest in our mother tongue among
youngsters, especially school students. For a start, the board is
working on making it a compulsory language for science stream students.”
The move would mean an increase in the number of subjects for science
stream students and could face the ire of students.<br>
Defending the move, Thakar said, “Science stream students have only five
subjects compared to seven for the general stream students. Thus, there
should not be any problem if another mandatory subject is added”.</p>
<p>If this plan is implemented, any Class XI student of science stream,
irrespective of the medium he has studied till Class X, has to
compulsorily study Gujarati for two years.</p>
<p>At present, apart from three Science subjects — Chemistry, Physics,
Mathematics or Biology — and Computer Science, the Science stream
students have to choose a language from among Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu,
English, Sindhi, Marathi and Arabic.</p>
<p>Students are free to choose the option among three languages- Hindi,
Gujarati and English-as first language or second language, but this
option is not available for Urdu and Sanskrit. After English, Sanskrit
is the popular language option among students.</p>
<p>The difference between the options of first and second language is
the level of understanding for the language. Generally, Gujarati-medium
students take up Gujarati as their first language which is more
comprehensive and a level higher than the same as the second language
option. The same goes for Hindi and English-medium students.
Surprisingly, even as a second language, there are not many takers for
Gujarati.</p>
<p>Recently, among various suggestions for the revival of Gujarati,
Matrubhasha Abhiyan had proposed that schools affiliated to both Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Gujarat Secondary and Higher
Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) teach Gujarati as mandatory language
from Class I to Class XII. Further, this should apply to students of
English-medium schools as well.</p>
<p>“As per the survey conducted by our movement, the number of students
failing in state board Class X examinations in Gujarati is increasing
every year. From 5 per cent, over the last decade, it has increased to
20 per cent, this year. Shockingly, over 10,000 students were awarded
zero mark in the subject. Last year, this figure was 8,000. So, we have
recommended to the state board as well as the state government to make
Gujarati a mandatory subject from Class I to XII,” said Rajendra Patel,
trustee of Matrubhasha Abhiyan. He is also a well known Gujarati poet
and writer.</p>
<p>Other possibilities being considered by the board include giving 20
per cent weightage to language subjects during admission to higher
education institutes, which at present is not considered for science
streams, both medical and non-medical, while for general stream students
it is considered.</p>
<p>On the lack of a standard language policy and waning interest towards
Gujarati language among youngsters, another trustee of Matrubhasha
Abhiyan Purushottam Patel added, “Gujarat failed to fix a language
policy, neither for Gujarati nor for English. At times, it was proposed
that English be introduced from Class I, then class III and then from
Class V and VI. Also, no research has been done on the methodology of
Gujarati by a centralised institute, unlike English by the British
Council. Sensitivity is declining in the society as we are moving away
from our mother tongue.”</p>
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