<div dir="ltr"><div class=""><h1 itemprop="headline">Kannada Language Made Compulsory in Karnataka Government Schools</h1></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news">Karnataka</a> | Reported by <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/topic/maya-sharma"><span itemprop="author">Maya Sharma</span></a>, Edited by <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/topic/anindita-sanyal"><span itemprop="author">Anindita Sanyal</span></a>  | Updated: March 31, 2015 20:39 IST</div><div class=""><div id="googlead" class=""><div style="display:block" id="google_ads_bar"><div id="gta" class=""><div class=""><a target="_blank" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);text-decoration:none" href="https://www.google.com/url?ct=abg&q=https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py%3Fcontact%3Dabg_afc%26url%3Dhttp://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/kannada-language-made-compulsory-in-karnataka-government-schools-751167%26gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dca-pub-7641565019577886%26ai0%3DCb1oS7w4cVZ6kPMfd0AHE-4CQCJvVocgE0_6_vZgBrcmh6QEQASDsm4kGYMn-6Iq0pOQPoAGduc78A8gBAagDAaoEzAFP0OJo7NWRiSWm2m651U3aZeB_6OHMv7qRvr197lhbCvO8dtZ9r6BTLqc8AYoO0h6F09lOTWRAg66_HDBGYvfyQ1NlvR3nB2h0Jru7ES7q0V9luV3VPKOKwT0xxOQ_Bl30RSvPdOX40wrI_0Z9oEiZLy0ihd1eUVmrbj8Z-5FG6XoLNDDcsL5tqLrMaFfVQdJuY7qd3QSHdbbBnpj8kDoLj9ZEZ4lgx6406X2zw2BYKaJnCVi-sG-I6ZvZm9keVcxToCTdVWoPw0Z4EtiIBgGAB8vGsQPYBwE&usg=AFQjCNFs9rPflceh9guxlV7a-SegS0xQgQ">Ads by Google</a></div><div class="" style="padding-left:5px"><p class=""><a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=Cb1oS7w4cVZ6kPMfd0AHE-4CQCJvVocgE0_6_vZgBrcmh6QEQASDsm4kGYMn-6Iq0pOQPoAGduc78A8gBAagDAaoEzAFP0OJo7NWRiSWm2m651U3aZeB_6OHMv7qRvr197lhbCvO8dtZ9r6BTLqc8AYoO0h6F09lOTWRAg66_HDBGYvfyQ1NlvR3nB2h0Jru7ES7q0V9luV3VPKOKwT0xxOQ_Bl30RSvPdOX40wrI_0Z9oEiZLy0ihd1eUVmrbj8Z-5FG6XoLNDDcsL5tqLrMaFfVQdJuY7qd3QSHdbbBnpj8kDoLj9ZEZ4lgx6406X2zw2BYKaJnCVi-sG-I6ZvZm9keVcxToCTdVWoPw0Z4EtiIBgGAB8vGsQPYBwE&num=1&cid=5GgSBwU1a-hNIOp1xR-ciEJu&sig=AOD64_0BWAo87ztI8IeJLIoqeTUPB31DWA&client=ca-pub-7641565019577886&adurl=http://www.NJ-PA-PatentAttorney.com"></a><span class=""><br></span></p><p class=""><br></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><img itemprop="image" title="Kannada Language Made Compulsory in Karnataka Government Schools" alt="Kannada Language Made Compulsory in Karnataka Government Schools" id="story_image_main" src="http://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2015-03/students_650x400_81427116656.jpg"><p class="">Students in schools affiliated to Karnataka government will learn Kannada till Class 10.</p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" id="top_share"><div style="display:block" id="story_share_bar" class=""><span class="" style="line-height:1;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;text-align:center"><span style="padding:0px!important;margin:0px!important;text-indent:0px!important;display:inline-block!important;vertical-align:baseline!important;font-size:1px!important"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1427902191479_1"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1427902191479_1-logo">in</span><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1427902191479_1-title"><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1427902191479_1-mark"></span><span id="li_ui_li_gen_1427902191479_1-title-text"></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div itemprop="articleBody" class="" id="ins_storybody"><b class="">Bengaluru: </b>
                
        Karnataka is now trying legislation to make Kannada a compulsory 
language in schools affiliated to the state board. The bill to bring 
this into effect - the Kannada Language Learning Bill -- was passed in 
the Karnataka assembly today.<p>
        The state is also trying to make Kannada the only medium of instruction
 at the primary level in government schools. A second bill was passed to
 this effect which amended the relevant section of the Right to 
Education Act.</p><div id="relateddivcontainer" class="" style><div class=""><h2>Related</h2></div><div class=""><div class=""><ul><li itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/NewsArticle"><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/you-dragged-your-feet-submitted-vague-affidavit-supreme-court-tells-this-state-751177?ndtv_related" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name"></span></a><br></li></ul></div></div><img alt="" class="" src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/static/ndtv_2014/images/related_shadow.png" height="14" width="41"></div><p>
        But making Kannada the compulsory medium of instruction in primary 
classes may be difficult in view of a Supreme Court order that upheld a 
high court decision negating a similar effort by the state government in
 1994.</p><p>
        In its decision last year, the court said the state government could 
not impose Kannada on linguistic minorities.Calling it a violation of 
fundamental rights, a five-judge Constitution Bench, said, "The state 
has no power to compel linguistic minority to impart primary education 
by compulsorily imposing regional language".<br><br>
        The court had even rejected a revision petition filed by the state government seeking a review of the ruling.</p><p>
        The new amendment, the government is said to expect, will help its 
argument before the court when another petition on the language policy 
is taken up for hearing.</p></div><div class=""><b>Story First Published:</b> March 31, 2015 19:15 IST<br><br><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/kannada-language-made-compulsory-in-karnataka-government-schools-751167">http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/kannada-language-made-compulsory-in-karnataka-government-schools-751167</a><br></div></div><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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