[EDLING:2195] Karnataka: Government violating Constitutional provision

Francis M Hult fmhult at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Tue Dec 19 15:06:16 UTC 2006


Via lgpolicy...

> Government violating Constitutional provision
> 
> DAVANAGERE: The state government is violating Constitutional provision of
> a student by withdrawing recognition of schools teaching in English
> medium, said Karnataka (recognised) Unaided Schools Managements
> Association (KUSMA) president G S Sharma here on Saturday. According to
> Article 19 (1) (g), Article 26 and 30 (1) of the Constitution, every
> citizen in the country has a right to set up any educational institution
> and maintain them. And Supreme Court too in its verdict declared
> Educational Institutions as autonomous bodies and state should not
> interfere with the routine administrative matters.
> 
> According to the Supreme Court judgment in 1994 regarding language policy,
> it said that English can be taught along with mother tongue of a children
> in any school in the country at the primary level. But the state
> government has not followed this rule and created confusion among both
> parents and children, Sharma alleged. However, the schools which started
> after April 1994 had obtained permission to run schools in Kannada medium.
> But the pressure and demand of parents had pushed them start English
> medium, he clarified. He said the government should not force any students
> or parents to get admission in certain medium schools as the case still
> pending in the court.
> 
> http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20061218030050&Topic=0&Title=Southern%20News%20-%20Karnataka&Page=K



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