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<h1 class="gmail-mt-md-15 gmail-article-heading">Telangana State set to make Telugu language compulsory </h1>
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<span> <div class="gmail-media gmail-media-block gmail-box gmail-divider-media gmail-mt-md-10"><figure><img src="http://www.thehansindia.com/assets/school_6033.jpg" alt="School Education Department"></figure><div class="gmail-media-body" style="padding:0px 10px"> <span class="gmail-mt-md-0 gmail-mt-md-10" style="font-size:15px;font-style:italic">School Education Department </span><div style="line-height:100%"><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hidden-xs gmail-hidden-sm"></div><strong>Hyderabad:</strong>
The State government is all set to issue an ordinance to implement its
policy making Telugu language compulsory from the next academic year.</span><div style="line-height:100%"><br></div>
<span>It may be recalled here that the government decided to make
learning Telugu language as a compulsory subject till Intermediate.
According to sources, the government had contemplated bringing a law
making the learning of Telugu language as a compulsory subject. </span><div style="line-height:100%"><br></div>
<span>However, ahead of bringing the enactment, it has decided to
promulgate an ordinance. A draft policy document had been prepared by
the School Education Department (SED) and sent the same for the scrutiny
of the law department.</span><div style="line-height:100%"><br></div><div align="center"><div class="gmail-clearfix"></div>
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<span>Once the law department gives its node, it will be sent to obtain
the ascent of Governor E S L Narasimhan for issuing an ordinance, the
sources added. However, for people studying Urdu language as their
mother tongue will be exempted from studying Telugu language as a
compulsory subject.</span></div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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