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<h2>‘Kannada medium students face difficulties if they shift to other States’</h2>
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<p class="">Why not have Kannada as a compulsory language in all types of school in the State?</p><p class="">The
Karnataka High Court posed this question to the government during a
brief argument on the issue of Education Department’s notification of
November 2014 in which provision was made to submit applications for
starting new schools only in Kannada medium and not for English medium
schools.</p><p class="">The court posed the question when it was
pointed out to it that the State, despite the Supreme Court’s verdict
that declared as “unconstitutional” language policy of compulsory medium
of instruction in Kannada medium from standard one to five in schools,
is still firm on imposing such policy in different indirect ways.</p><p class=""><b>Difficulties</b></p><p class="">Justice
B.V. Nagarathna, before whom the petition filed by Associated
Managements of Government Recognised English Medium Schools in Karnataka
questioning the November 11, 2014 notification came up for hearing,
orally pointed out the difficulties that the students face when they
have to shift to English medium after compulsorily studying in Kannada
medium till standard five.</p><p class="">The judge also discussed
the difficulties that the children face when their parents are
transferred to other States if they are forced to study only in Kannada
medium. The petitioner has questioned the notification while terming it
as an indirect to way to prevent English medium schools till standard
five despite the Supreme Court’s verdict.</p><p class="">Further hearing on the petition has been adjourned.</p><p class=""><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/why-not-kannada-as-a-language-in-all-schools-in-state/article6888990.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/why-not-kannada-as-a-language-in-all-schools-in-state/article6888990.ece</a><br></p><p class=""><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<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>*******************************************</div>
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