Over 11 lakh students have failed in Hindi, their mother tongue, in UP Board exams. Number of such cases in high school (class X) is twice as compared to intermediate (class XII).
According to secondary education department figures, a total of 11,19,994 students 每 3,38,776 in high school and 7,81,276 in intermediate 每failed to pass in Hindi which is a compulsory subject in the state board.
Last year, around 7.5 lakh students had failed in the subject. Besides Hindi, other subjects where most students have not done well are Maths, Physics, English and Sanskrit.
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Surprisingly, more students in terms of percentage passed English exam than Hindi. While 80.8% students cleared English exam, 91.1% passed in Urdu, only 79.2% passed the Hindi paper.
Students fared ever worse in Sanskrit and just 63.3% could pass the exam.
Director of Agra University＊s KM Institute of Hindi Studies and Linguistics, Professor Pardeep Shridhar, said, ※Students struggling with Hindi is a new trend catching up. Students are lacking basic reading and writing skills in their mother tongue which is a regretful situation.
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The problem of lack of required focus on Hindi starts right from the primary education level. Secondary education system weighs core subjects and Hindi is ignored. The state government must take cognizance of so many students failing in the state language and develop a plan for improvement.§
Class XII students have performed well in some of the regional languages. No student has failed in Bengali, Nepali, Assamese, Malayalam, Marathi and Odia. As compared to previous years, students＊ performance has witnessed a decline in Kannada, Sindhi, Tamil, Pali, Persian and Arabic.
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Bhojkumar Sharma, district president of State Senior Secondary Teachers＊ Association, said, ※More than 11 lakh students failing in Hindi is an alarming situation and need planned steps for improvement.
One of the main reasons behind the poor performance of the student is that the question paper was too lengthy. Even bright students were not able to attempt all the questions. However, proper assessment is required in this regard. The teachers＊ association will take suitable steps for better results next year.§