Effect of Proficiency in English Language on Academic Performance of Post Graduate Management Students of Marathwada Region (Maharashtra), India

Abstract

Students in any non-Hindi speaking state learn three languages and for a vast majority of them, medium of instruction at school level is Hindi. Since the students study English as one of the subjects, their proficiency in English remains low. This is more applicable to rural and semi-urban areas. This affects their performance in higher classes and professional courses where the medium of instruction is English. This study is an attempt to find out the effect of low proficiency in English on academic performance in postgraduate management students of Marathwada region of Maharashtra who come from rural and semi-urban areas. The study concludes that proficiency in English language and academic performance in management programmes are directly related and therefore much focused approach is required to be adopted in order to raise the level of proficiency in English amongst students of rural and semi-urban areas.