§ Twenty six out of the
thirty five states and union territories introduce English as a language from
class I and remaining from class III
or V
§ Following the
recommendations of Lord Macaulay in his minutes of
1835 and Charles
Wood
§ After independence states
reduced the number of years of English teaching at secondary level
§ Gujarati is first language
in Gujarat , Hindi and English hold the
position of secondary language
§ Gujarat secondary and
higher secondary education Board has made English compulsory from June, 2006 in standard 10 and now
its compulsory in 11th and 12th in all the streams
§ Syllabus and teaching
method of English has always remained changing in Gujarat
§ English is taught as
compulsory subject from Forth standard.
§ In arts colleges English is
taught as optional subject while in colleges of commerce, engineering, medicine
and management courses English is the medium of instruction.
§
The state government has come up with many programmes and projects like
SCOPE and has established English digital labs in schools, colleges and other
educational institute to help students improve their English.
