GSHSEB to make Gujarati compulsory for science students

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. 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. 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. GSHSEB deputy...