<div dir="ltr"><span style="" class=""><h1>English-medium status eludes schools in Bengaluru</h1></span><span style="margin-top:5px;display:block" class=""><span style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle">TNN
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Sep 2, 2015, 02.07 AM IST</span></span><div class=""><div id="commentWrapper" class=""><div class="" id="sharebar"><div class=""><div class=""><div><div class="" id="ctcnt1"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/English-medium-status-eludes-schools-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/48766068.cms#write"><div id="ctcnt1in" class=""><div class="" id="ctcnt2in"><span>22</span></div></div></a></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="" id="storydiv"><div class="" align="right"><small class="">A</small></div><br><div style="padding-bottom:5px" class="" id="inc_dec"><div id="artext1" class=""><div class="">BENGALURU:
For the past few months, managements of several city schools have been
running from pillar to post to get themselves registered as English
medium. <br><br> Though a high court order has allowed schools to teach
in English from class 1 itself, the department of public instruction
(DPI) is yet to transfer registration of existing schools. However,
schools elsewhere in the state aren't facing any problem. <br><br> The
HC directive came after the private school management associations moved
against the state government's language policy which mandates all
schools offer education from classes 1 to 5 in Kannada medium. <br><br>
Delay in getting English-medium status has left managements panicky as
they could be considered illegal. The DPI's inaction is only adding to
the confusion, more so because the DPI's Hubli and Dharwad divisions
have initiated the process of changing schools' status. <br><br> Said a
senior DPI official from Dharwad: "35 to 40 schools in Dharwad, which
moved the court against the government's language policy, have been
converted to English medium. We are only following the court's
directive." Added a senior official in Gulbarga, "Only schools which
moved the court have been allowed to offer English medium from the
primary level." <br><br> D Shashi Ku mar, general secretary of the
Karnataka Associated Management of English Medium Schools (KAMS), said
despite court orders, DPI officials are harass ing city-based schools by
not making the necessary changes. <br><br> Last year, the DPI published
a list of hundred schools that are registered as Kannada medium and
teach in English from class 1, terming them illegal. Shashi added, "The
department declared many schools unauthorized, alleging we violated the
language policy. But now there is no policy in the state; parents
frequently ask us if our schools are even legal." <br><br> KV Dhananjay,
counsel of Karnataka Unaided Schools Managements' Association (Kusma),
said, "The government has failed legally in taking steps to implement
the language policy. Some schools are not aware of it and the DPI is
harassing and blackmailing such schools."<br><br></div><div class="">Vhttp://<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/English-medium-status-eludes-schools-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/48766068.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/English-medium-status-eludes-schools-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/48766068.cms">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/English-medium-status-eludes-schools-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/48766068.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/English-medium-status-eludes-schools-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/48766068.cms</a><br></div><div class=""><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="float:left" name="advenueINTEXT" id="advenueINTEXT"></span><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/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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