<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="">We never opposed teaching English in schools: 'Mukhyamantri’ Chandru</h1>
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"There is an urgent need to bring in a formulate and implement a
national education policy in order to preserve and develop Indian
languages," 'Mukhyamantri’ Chandru, former chairman of the Kannada
development authority said in Bidar on Saturday. </p>
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He was responding to the national Go. Ru Channabasappa award given by
Karnataka Barahagarara Mattu Kalavidara Sangha in the Zilla Rang Mandir.
That, he reasoned, would not only help Indian languages, but also help
the poorest of the poor get access to education. </p>
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"Pro-Kannada activists like us have been demanding that all schools
should teach children in their mother tongue till fifth standard.
However, we have never opposed English teaching. We have only been
asking that proper grammar should be taught by trained teachers," he
said. </p>
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He took objection to the fact that successive governments had failed to
properly implement the three language policy in the state. We have also
failed to utilize the opportunity of Kannada being classified as a
classical language, he said. </p>
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He urged the government to strive to get its share of waters of the
rivers Krishna, Cauvery, and Mahadayi. The union government should
formulate a national water policy to ensure this, he said. He said that
youngsters from all state should get equal representation in public
employment. </p>
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K. Chinnappa Gowda, vice chancellor, Karnataka Folklore university,
spoke of the need to create awareness among youth about native culture
and traditions. Dr Channabasappa, inaugurated a district level Bhajana
competition. </p>
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Bhagwant Khuba, MP, Sri Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, Seer of the Bhalki
Hire Math, Jagannath Hebbale, president of the Sangha, B. V Rajaram,
theatre personality and others were present. <br></p><p class=""><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/we-never-opposed-teaching-english-in-schools-mukhyamantri-chandru/article7904136.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/we-never-opposed-teaching-english-in-schools-mukhyamantri-chandru/article7904136.ece</a>?</p><p class=""><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/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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