Thank you to Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar for highlighting our concerns about the decline in the number of candidates taking GCSE and A Level Gujarati courses. We at the Consortium of Gujarati Schools are committed to making every effort to help reverse this trend and getting the numbers to go up again. It is in this context that we seek the support and co-operation of all supplementary, complementary and mainstream schools teaching courses in Gujarati.
We have discussed these issues at length with Members of Parliament and the Department for Education. Our contention is that although the numbers of GCSE and A Level candidates are small at present, they are likely to rise in the near future as there are many more younger children studying Gujarati especially at week-ends. We need statistics to back up our claim.
We therefore would like to appeal to all supplementary, complementary and mainstream schools to give us this information from their schools’ database on a form which we have devised and is quick and easy to fill. In order to get this form and/or more information on this subject, please contact:
- Jayantbhai Tanna, Chair, CGS email: [email protected] – Tel: 020 8421 5536, Mob: 07711 372853 or
- Vijyaben Bhanderi, Secretary, CGS email: [email protected] – Tel: 020 8958 8564
Jayantibhai Tanna
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