‘We were not consulted’: Govt’s decision to make Gujarati mandatory irks private schools

Ahmedabad | Thursday | 26th April, 2018

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(Express Photo/Representational) Schools say that making Gujarati mandatory would add more burden on the students, many of whom are too young to bear it. Schools say that making Gujarati mandatory would add more burden on the students, many of whom are too young to bear it. It claimed that it has been “appreciated by national and international stalwarts” of Gujarati language. So, in addition to Hindi, now we have to teach them another language — Gujarati. As a communicative language, students should know Gujarati but as literature, it should be made optional,” said Sujata Tandon, principal of Udgam School for Children..