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</div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> </div></div></div><br> </div></div><div id="main" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p> In high-tech Karnataka Kannada language to be the instrument of teaching in schools</p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""> March 31, 2015</div></div> <img src="http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/wp-content/themes/Livesketches_theme_2.0/images/yellow_hr.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 10px 0px;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" id="atrsb"><a style="background-color:rgb(48,88,145)" class=""><span title="Facebook" class=""></span><span title="Facebook" class="">Facebook<span class="">6</span></span></a><a style="background-color:rgb(44,168,210)" class=""><span title="Twitter" class=""></span><span title="Twitter" class="">Twitter<span class="">2</span></span></a><a style="background-color:rgb(206,77,57)" class=""><span title="Google+" class=""></span><span title="Google+" class="">Google+</span></a><a style="background-color:rgb(68,152,200)" class=""><span title="LinkedIn" class=""></span><span title="LinkedIn" class="">LinkedIn</span></a><a style="background-color:rgb(200,40,40)" class=""><span title="Pinterest" class=""></span><span title="Pinterest" class="">Pinterest</span></a></div></div><p>‘Protecting’ the Kannada language.<span id="more-393003"></span></p><p>AB Wire</p><div id="gallery-2" class=""><dl class=""><dt class=""> <img src="http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Young_students.jpg" class="" alt="Young_students" height="339" width="600"></dt></dl><br style="clear:both"></div><p>BENGALURU:
Karnataka lawmakers are one step closer to enforcing Kannada in
schools, as the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday adopted two prominent
Bills including the “Kannada Language Learning Bill 2015″ and the “Right
of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Karnataka Amendment) Bill
2015,” which seek to provide primary education (Standard I to V) in
Kannada.</p><p>However, the latter needs to obtain presidential assent
to become legislation since it requires a Constitutional amendment,
according to The Hindu.</p><p>Both the Bills were unanimously accepted
after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assured the House he would lead a
delegation of floor leaders from each parties in the State legislature
to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the need to effect a
Constitutional amendment for enforcing Kannada as medium of instruction
for primary education.</p><p>He also pledged to raise the issue at the
meeting of the National Development Council to be convened by the Prime
Minister, and noted that he had already written to all the chief
ministers seeking their co-operation in the matter, reported the Hindu.</p><p>Minister
of State for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnakar told The
Hindu implementing Kannada as medium of instruction in primary school as
well as subject from I to X Standard would go a long way in protecting
the language.</p><p>The Supreme Court had previously rejected a revision
petition filed by the state government seeking review of its ruling
which upheld a Karnataka high court judgment striking down its
government order issued in 1994 to impose Kannada or mother tongue as a
medium of instruction in primary schools.</p><p>“The amendment would
help the government in its arguments before the Supreme Court when the
curative petition related to its language policy is taken up,” according
to The Times of India.</p><p><a href="http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/03/31/in-high-tech-karnataka-kannada-language-to-be-the-instrument-of-teaching-in-schools/">http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/03/31/in-high-tech-karnataka-kannada-language-to-be-the-instrument-of-teaching-in-schools/</a><br></p></div></div></div></div></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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