It's not just about sign boards in Gujarati!

In my time, we had a same level of difficulty for Gujarati and Hindi language subjects in school. Gujarat board treats Hindi same as Gujarati in every aspects upto 10th std. So we carry additional (unnecessary) burden of studying 3 languages: Gujarati, Hindi and English. Opposite to this, an average north Indian (Hindi belt) student studies only two languages in her/his entire school life.

English is the language of science and morden communication. Difficulty level of English as a subject is very sub-standard in Gujarat board. I think, Gujarat board need to focus more on the English language and make Hindi as a optional language. The difficulty level should also be decreased in case of Hindi. In my case, I regret not learning English properly in school and it still haunts me. We can learn Hindi very easily. Thank to bollywood, Hindi comes to us very naturally. Today's parent want to put their kid in English medium school, where primary languages are hindi and English only. Because of this, this generation kids lack basic language skills, since their parents don't know English. So, in this case they should teach English and Gujarati with same advanced level and Hindi should be made optional.

Kendriya vidyalayas also don't teach local language compalsarly. They only teach Hindi and English. If you are in a certain state where Hindi is not primary language then shouldn't the local language be compulsory, so that a non local person can learn about local culture and be one of them? What I have observed from my north Indian friends is that they all talk about nationalism and cry about language politics happening in southern states. But, they actually enjoyed privileges of not learning third language and take pride when they say Hindi is the fastest growing language in India. There is nothing wrong if some states are against this Hindi imperialism. I agree, there shouldn't be violence involved and that's not gonna happen in Gujarat. But, atleast we can start with sign board in Gujarati.