[lg policy] Karnataka: Government has finalised five syllabi for the Kannada course from November

[Harold Schiffman]

Karnataka - Bangalore

Kannada course from November



K.N. Venkatasubba Rao



Government has finalised five syllabi for the purpose

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Course to cover 1.5 lakh government employees

150 resource persons have been trained


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BANGALORE: The State Government has finalised five syllabi for the
“Administration in Kannada” training course for non-Kannada-speaking
bureaucrats (IAS and IPS) and Kannada-speaking personnel in other
categories. The course is to be launched at the district and taluk
levels in November as part of the Government’s Kannada implementation
year programme.  The course duration for group D employees will be one
day and three days for others. The Administrative Training Institute
in Mysore has trained 150 resource persons. The course will cover 1.5
lakh personnel in all categories from November to March 2010 and April
2010 to March 2011.

Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority “Mukhyamantri” Chandru
told The Hindu that according to a survey of six lakh government
employees in the State, 1.5 lakh officials, including bureaucrats, had
serious problems in using Kannada in administration. Prompted by this,
the KDA decided to organise a broad-based training course focussing on
using simple Kannada in administration. It has sought the support of
the Department of Kannada and Culture, Kannada University, Hampi, and
the Administrative Training Institute for the purpose.

Panel


It constituted a four-member committee headed by the Joint Director of
Kannada and Culture, K.T. Chikkanna, for preparing a general syllabus
for training.  After interacting with 60 government officials who find
it difficult to use Kannada in administration, Mr. Chikkanna, in his
report, stated that though 90 per cent of bureaucrats could read and
write Kannada, they could not write without mistakes. Over 65 per cent
of officials and others knew the language but faced problems in
comprehension.  The committee has prepared syllabi for various
categories with a focus on history and development of Kannada in
administration, Kannada syntax, letter-drafting, problems in
translating English papers into Kannada and use of computer
technology.

Date:14/10/2009 URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/14/stories/2009101454840600.htm
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