The purpose of any language is to communicate. What is the use of such a high level of language that can't be used for day-to-day communication? I am sure there can be other ways of learning any language than the way students are having here for Hindi. A list of 120 proverbs and spellings is provided by the Hindi Centre as a part of the syllabus. It is very hard to believe that if one can memorise 120 proverbs or write 50 spellings correctly, he can master the language. Real success comes for any language when it serves its main purpose - communication. In fact, because of such a high level and unfriendly approach towards Hindi education, students seem to be losing interest in learning a language.

The level of Hindi has been raised to such a level that not only students but also parents are feeling stressed. If Hindi society wants to match the language with the level of English, I would like to ask: Do we have the same amount of resources? Do we have as many reference books available at bookstores as the English ones? Do we have the same quality of educational material? No one can master any language just by reading two or three books, or limited material provided by schools.

Any change can be well accepted if introduced with proper planning and with the involvement of schools, students and parents. Change has to be implemented in stages. An abrupt change will lead to confusion and resistance.

Neha Umang Trivedi (Mrs)