Aja Era Wee

Manual on

Shorthand

For

Office Assistantship

(1st year)

K.V.Subbarao,

M.A., M.Com., M.Com., Ph.D., PGDTCA

Sr. Lecturer in CCP, Government Polytechnic for Women, Nellore.

STATE INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION Nampally, Hyderabad

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Preface

At the outset I am very much thankful to the State Institute of Vocational Education and Board of Intermediate Education, A.P., Hyderabad for the innovative and sincere effort of bringing out a manual on Shorthand for the students of “Office Assistantship”. This book is prepared to enable the student get extra practice on his/her own apart from the regular teaching in the classroom. This book does not propose any additional rules than what are given in the text book of Pitman’s Shorthand. As one teaching this subject in this field, having understood some difficulties experienced by the students who have undergone the course of instruction in Shorthand under my care, and having shared my views with the co-lecturers and taken suggestions from them, I felt that some easy approach can be suggested to the students to learn the rules, and master them so as to follow them fully and be able to apply them in their future career. A bright student with sufficient knowledge in English is surely able to understand and follow the text book, and practise the exercises well to enable him to enter into speed practice, but keeping in view that the teacher has a duty to extend his helping hand to the students with lower standards and my desire to guide even the least and lowest in the class pushed me to dare to introduce some improvements for the benefit of the students. I am thankful to my father and teacher Sri K.S.Kameswararao and late Sri G.V.R. Kameswararao, Principal, GIRI’s Typewriting and Shorthand Institute, Guntur, a dedicated teacher in the subject for their inspirational guidance to come up to this level. I shall be failing in my duty if I do not thank the valuable cooperation...