This research work was undertaken to survey the impact of the high rate of failures in shorthand in the department of secretarial studies, Benue state Polytechnic, Ugbokolo.
It consists of five chapters. Chapter one deals with background of the study, statement of problem, purpose of study, scope of the study, significance of the study, research questions and definition of terms. While chapter two reviewed some related literatures.
Chapter three consists of research methodology and design, which was discussed by the researcher. The analysis of the data collected by the researcher was also discussed in chapter four, while chapter five consists of discussions on results, implications, conclusion and recommendations. Possible solutions to the high rate of failures were also enumerated.
Shorthand is any brief, rapid method of writing that is used in recording the spoken word.
Samalia (1973) define shorthand as a method of writing rapidly by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols for letters, words or phrases.
These method of writing have been invented and used during ancient and modern times, by different great men and countries with many system, but the first commercially used phonetic system of shorthand was invented by Sir Isaac Pitman, whose shorthand manual was first published in 1837, to date, it is the most prevalent system in English speaking world outside the united states. Sir Isaac Pitman used some signs that had been employed by others, what he did was original and important was to organize the principles for using the signs into a dependable system by which all words heard could be written.
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