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<h1 class="entry-title">Unexpected Fallout of Government Policy Leads to Mad Rush In Bangalore to Learn Kannada</h1>
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<p>After spending more than half the life in Bengaluru without having
any knowledge of the regional language Kannada, parents are all after
learning this local language. What not are the parents doing to get the
language in their grip and this is all by the grace of the local
government.</p>
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<p>This sudden arise in their interest or rather say madness for
learning Kannada isn’t their passion for it but a compulsion to get
their child enrolled in school or for their education. It is because of
the regulation of the Karnataka government to make Kannada a mandatory
subject for all schools in the city. This regulation was passed in
October, 2017. All schools must include this compulsory subject-
Kannada, whether it is state government managed school or those
affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE).</p>
<p>Parents are trying everything to learn Kannada, which they might
haven’t done in their school life also. Joining WhatsApp groups to
signing up for online tutorials to getting themselves enrolled for
private tuitions or seeking the help of anyone, they are trying all in
order to get this language.</p>
<p>It may sound funny but yes parents are learning this language for the
sake of their children in order to help them with their studies.</p>
<p>From the new session, this language will be implemented in a routine
manner for classes, but for Class 1 students it is to be started from
this academic year itself.</p>
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<p>Mother, father, uncle, aunt whoever it is all are just struggling to
get this language to help their children in their assignments.</p>
<p>Sharmishtha Ghosh, a resident of Bengaluru said, “I come from a
Bengali household. Now I’m taking the help of my maid who studied in a
Kannada medium school till Class IX. I am also relying on audio content
prepared by the school.”</p>
<p>Another homemaker Saima Tabassum who has been living in Bengaluru
since long said, “I help my children with all subjects but was clueless
when it came to Kannada. So I’ve signed up for classes.” Saima has
enrolled herself in a WhatsApp group named <em>Kannada Gotilla </em>in which everyday new lessons on Kannada are posted.</p>
<p>There are many other parents like Sharmishtha and Saima who have
recently taken into learning Kannada just to help their kids in their
studies. Thanks to social media like WhatsApp, Facebook And YouTube when
learning anything isn’t difficult.</p>
<p>Even schools are reaching out to parents in order to help them. The
principal of Harvest International School, Dakhshayini Kanna went ahead
saying that they have receiving requests from parents who aren’t
originally from South to provide worksheets in Hindi and English as well
for the convenience of the parents.</p>
<p>This move of the state government to make Kannada a compulsory
language had lead to a mad rush among parents more than the students to
learn the language.</p></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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