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<p class="gmail-body">While Chief Minister Siddaramaiah bats for the regional
language as the medium of instruction in primary classes, the ground
reality tells a different story. The State government has done little to
ensure Kannada remains in classrooms as a language.</p><p class="gmail-body">A
large number of private schools, particularly those affiliated to CBSE
and CISCE do not have Kannada as a language. Little effort has been made
by the State government to protect Kannada after it lost a legal battle
in May 2014 to make the regional language or mother tongue the medium
of instruction in lower primary classes.</p><p class="gmail-body">After losing
the two-decade old legal battle, the State legislature as a “last
resort” unanimously passed the Kannada Language Learning Bill, 2015. It
mandated that private schools teach Kannada as a language. This got the
Governor’s nod earlier this year, but the Department of Primary and
Secondary Education has not issued any orders to schools nor have they
started cracking down on those that do not teach Kannada as a language.</p><p class="gmail-body">“My
child’s school in north Bengaluru offers Kannada as an option from
class five. A majority of the children in the school cannot even read
Kannada letters,” a parent said. According to the Act, private schools
should teach Kannada as the first or second language from classes one to
10. It even states that Kannada should be introduced as one of the
compulsory languages in all classes in a phased manner from 2015-16.
However, most private schools follow the three language policy, which
does not include Kannada.</p><p class="gmail-body">A Block Education Officer
said they are waiting for the government to notify the rules so they can
impose penalty on private schools that did not offer Kannada as the
first or second language.</p><p class="gmail-body"><i><b>Though
the Kannada Language Learning Bill, 2015, got the Governor’s nod
earlier this year, the Department of Primary and Secondary Education has
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