[lg policy] Karnataka: Teach English in Kannada medium schools, says writer

[Harold Schiffman]

Karnataka <http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/22hdline.htm>

*Teach English in Kannada medium schools, says writer *

Raviprasad Kamila

   *‘Kannada schools are on the verge of closure as they are losing students
year after year’ *




MOODBIDRI (Dakshina Kannada): President of the sixth annual edition of
“Alva’s Nudisiri”, a Kannada literary and cultural convention, and renowned
Kannada writer Hampa Nagarajaiah has stressed the need to teach English in
all Kannada-medium schools to prevent migration of students to
English-medium schools. Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day
convention here on Friday he said that such a measure would save
Kannada-medium schools from closure.

Notwithstanding the measures such as midday meal, distribution of bicycles,
uniforms, textbooks, bags and free education in Kannada-medium schools,
these schools are losing students year after year. Mr. Nagarajaiahsaid that
studying in English-medium schools was considered a prestige issue now. If
the situation were to continue, Kannada-medium schools might have to be
closed down. Even if a few students were willing to study in Kannada medium,
there would not be schools offering education in that medium. Extinction of
a language meant disappearance of a culture, Mr. Nagarajaiah said.

Kannada had survived for over 2,500 years despite “many onslaughts”. There
was a need to improve the infrastructure and standards in Kannada-medium
schools to attract students. The State Government should release at least
Rs. 5 crore for the World Tulu Conference to be held at Ujire in Dakshina
Kannada next month, he said. Senior poet N.S. Laxminarayana Bhatta, who
inaugurated the conference, recalled the history of religious tolerance of
Kannada-speaking people. Earlier, the president of the conference was
brought to the venue in a grand procession.

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 *http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110759190300.htm*

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