[lg policy] Unexpected Fallout of Government Policy Leads to Mad Rush In Bangalore to Learn Kannada

[Harold Schiffman]

 Unexpected Fallout of Government Policy Leads to Mad Rush In Bangalore to
Learn Kannada
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Antra sah <https://www.timeslifestyle.net/author/antrasah/>
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March 26, 2018
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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.

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).

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.

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.

>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.

Mother, father, uncle, aunt whoever it is all are just struggling to get
this language to help their children in their assignments.

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.”

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 *Kannada Gotilla *in which everyday new lessons
on Kannada are posted.

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.

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.

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.


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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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