[lg policy] Knowledge Commission bats for Kannada as medium of instruction

Mon Nov 7 15:50:40 UTC 2016

Knowledge Commission bats for Kannada as medium of instruction
Bengaluru, Nov 06, 2016, DHNS

Tells govt to adopt policy in all state-run, pvt schools for classes 1-4
[image: Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy (centre) releases the
Karnataka State Education Policy drafted by the Karnataka Knowledge
Commission at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Left) Commission
Chairman Dr K Kasturirangan and Primary and Secondary Education Minister
Tanveer Sait are seen. dh Photo]
*The Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) has recommended that the
government adopt a multi-lingual language policy with mother tongue or
Kannada as the medium of instruction in state-run and private schools for
classes 1 to 4.*
The Commission has recommended that students should be allowed to decide
whether to continue with the same medium of instruction or switch over to
English medium at the class 5.

 English should be a compulsory subject from class 1 and a third language
could be introduced from class 5 onwards.

The state language policy adopted in 1994 had made it mandatory that
Kannada should be the medium of instruction for classes 1 to 7 in all
schools. The policy has been struck down by the Supreme Court. The state is
yet to come out with a new policy.

The recommendation on medium of instruction is a part of the draft
“Karnataka State Education Policy” prepared by the KKC for the
consideration of the government. It was submitted to the government on
Saturday. The document which has over 100 recommendations in the sectors of
school and university education besides governance was handed over by KKC
Chairman and space scientist K Kasturirangan to Primary and Secondary
Minister Tanveer Sait and Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy in
Bengaluru.

*Education for all*
Briefing reporters, Kasturirangan said the KKC has recommended that the
government should take steps to ensure 12 years of uniformised and
high-quality, standardised education for every child.

No child must be deprived of quality education because of birth or
geographical reasons. For the girl child, the government should ensure 12+3
years of guaranteed education.

*Single-discipline varsities*
The panel has also suggested phasing out of single-discipline universities.
The state has a host of single-discipline universities including one for
technical education, medical sciences, agriculture, horticulture,
veterinary sciences, Sanskrit among others.

Universities must be allowed to offer education in all disciplines,
including engineering, medicine, law, architecture, skill development,
Kasturirangan said.
The KKC has recommended that at least 1%  of teachers should be trained in
top institutions abroad every year.

Rayareddy and Sait said the government will study the draft policy of the
KKC and decide on its implementation by placing it before state Cabinet
within the next three months.

The recommendations of KKC are not binding on the government. Several
recommendations made by the KKC earlier have not been implemented.

*Rs 107 cr for economics schoolThe state government has earmarked Rs 107
crore for the proposed school of economics in Bengaluru, Higher Education
Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy said.Addressing a press conference here on
Saturday, Rayareddy said the school of economics will be named after the
architect of Indian Constitution B R Ambedkar and will come up on the
Bengaluru University’s Jnana Bharathi campus.  “We have identified a
50-acre plot for the school right opposite to the National Law School of
India University (NLSIU),” the minister said.A committee headed by former
chief secretary S V Ranganath will work out the modalities and framework
for the institute, which will be modelled on the prestigious London School
of Economics, he said. “We will make efforts to open the school from the
next academic year,” he said.Recommendations*Adopt uniform and standardised
education system which applies to both government and private schools
across the state *State schools should adopt CBSE’s curriculum from classes
1 to 10 and at the same time emphasis should be on state topics in history,
culture, geography among others.*There should be no detention of any child
at the school level from classes 1 to 10. *All students must have access to
any state university of their choice in Karnataka.*Expert panel be
constituted to advise the government on educational matters.*
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