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<p class=""> Public discourse on the State government’s 1994
language policy is often misguided in assuming ‘mother tongue’ to be
Kannada alone. The policy actually favours the mother tongue of the
child and not the regional language (Kannada) alone. </p><p class="">Linguist
K.V. Narayana, chairman of the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Authority, said
the policy makers were themselves confused on the issue as a result of
which the debate on it has been misled. He said mother tongue was that
language the child speaks at home and carried to the school, which is
widely believed to be the best medium of instruction for the child. </p><p class="">In
a State with high levels of migration from across the country, the
implementation of the policy in this broad sense is ridded with many
“practical difficulties”, say Education Department officials.</p><p class="">While
Urdu as a medium of instruction could be ensured as there are many
Urdu-medium schools in the State, ensuring education in all other
languages is a Herculean task, they said. “We cannot teach in different
languages in the same school. However, starting schools for every
language is also not practical,” an education official said. This raises
questions on the effective implementation of the 1994 language policy
in its spirit.</p><p class=""><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/stress-is-on-mother-tongue-of-child/article6408252.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/stress-is-on-mother-tongue-of-child/article6408252.ece</a><br></p><p class=""><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************
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