I read this bizarre news item in the Bombay papers recently. The HSC exams are underway, and on the date of the English paper, the Board had put into place many more flying squads to visit exam halls. Why? Because English is the paper that students have the most difficulty, and hence there is the maximum cheating that takes place.

What a terrible shame! Why should so many students have this much difficulty with the English paper? It means that the system has failed them. If English were taught from early on, and taught well, it would be a scoring subject, not one to be feared.

Everywhere we can see signs that the educational system is not geared to teaching English in the right way. This at a time, when we see signs that command over English is essential for success in the 21st century.

We have the answer, and we must take it to the powers that be. Linguaphone with Eyespeak will help make such flying squads of invigilators a thing of the past.