New Delhi, Nov 28: Students in state board schools across the country are performing very badly in their mother tongue.
A recent survey conducted by Secondary Education Board (SEB) of Gujarat is a pointer in this direction.
The study shows that Gujarati is losing ground among the students at high school level, a dangerous trend for the language of the state.
The study indicates nearly 30 per cent of the students taking Gujarati as one of the subjects in standard-10 under SEB were failing in the subject.
The study analysed the results of three years from 2002 to 2004. Out of about five lakh students appearing in the standard-10 exam with Gujarati as a subject, about 150,000 students were failing in the subject.
The Board analysed 1500 answer papers, randomly selected, to find out the areas of weakness of the students.
The excercise revealed that 30 per cent of the students did not attempt questions, while 60 per cent were faulty in content with regard to their answers to prose questions and essays. The hand writing of most of the students was not legible.
Besides, rampant errors were seen in composing various forms of writings. The students were too weak in writing skills committing numerous spelling mistakes, the study found.
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