[EDLING:258] India: Voluntary scheme for schools violating language policy upheld

[Francis M. Hult]

The Hindu

Voluntary scheme for schools violating language policy upheld 

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Monday made it clear to primary schools 
that they would have to impart education in Kannada or the medium of 
instruction for which they had been granted recognition.

The court also refused to stay the voluntary scheme formulated by the State 
Government on April 12, 2007 under which schools that had violated the 
condition on the medium of instruction were asked to pay a penalty, obtain 
fresh recognition and also give an undertaking to teach in the language in 
which they had been permitted to operate.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice B.S. Patil 
passed the orders on appeals by the Karnataka Unaided Schools Management 
Association (KUSMA) and other institutions. 

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