<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Harold Schiffman</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hfsclpp@gmail.com">hfsclpp@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM<br>
<br>Talavadi Kannadigas stir against dual language policy; Tamil teachers appointed at Kannada medium school<br> <br><br><br>Talavadi Kannadigas stir against dual language policy<br>
Chamarajanagar: Jan 4, 2013 DHNS<br>
<br>
Tamil teachers appointed at Kannada medium school<br>
<br>
Large number of school students jumped into a mega protest unmindful<br>
of the scorching sun condemning the Tamil Nadu government for its dual<br>
language policy at Talavadi attached to the border district<br>
Chamarajanagar on Thursday.<br>
<br>
There are 28 Kannada medium schools, nine primary schools, three high<br>
schools and two pre-university colleges at Talavadi region. Students<br>
of all the schools and their parents participated in the protest and<br>
raised slogans against Tamil Nadu for making Tamil compulsory as first<br>
language.<br>
<br>
Rally<br>
<br>
The protest rally was led by Kannada association and began from the<br>
Netaji Circle and proceeded up to the office of the educational<br>
officer. Later, they also submitted a memorandum.<br>
<br>
Earlier, 100 marks was allotted for Kannada exams, which has been<br>
slashed to 50 marks. From the current academic year first language<br>
will be both Tamil and Kannada and exams will be held for both for 50<br>
marks each.<br>
<br>
‘Withdraw order’<br>
<br>
Tamil teachers have been appointed for Kannada medium schools and the<br>
agitators demanded withdraw of the order immediately, as this system<br>
would have drastic impact on the academic career of the students whose<br>
aggregate marks would reduce.<br>
<br>
The students studying in Urdu schools too face the same problem as<br>
pressure is exerted on the students to learn Tamil language.<br>
<br>
This system would have an impact when the students search for jobs in<br>
future as they would be lagging behind when compared to other students<br>
of the state. Hence, they demanded the order be withdrawn and also<br>
protect Kannada and Urdu languages.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/302869/talavadi-kannadigas-stir-against-dual.html" target="_blank">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/302869/talavadi-kannadigas-stir-against-dual.html</a><br>
<br>
--<br>
**************************************<br>
N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to<br>
its members<br>
and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner<br>
or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents.<br>
Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal,<br>
and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.<br>
A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman,<br>
Moderator)<br>
<br>
For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to<br>
<a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>
listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>
*******************************************<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------
</div>