9 months ago

CISCE asks member schools to teach Kannada as first or second language

Asking its member schools to abide by the language teaching policies of the States where they are located, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Tuesday directed its member schools to teach Kannada as the first or second language in Karnataka. In the Karnataka Education Institutions Rules which were notified under the Kannada Language Learning Act, 2015, the State government has made it mandatory for ICSE and CBSE schools to teach Kannada as the first or second language. “If the Karnataka government has mandated that all schools should teach Kannada as the first or second language, then the same must be followed by CISCE schools,” they said. On unauthorised schools Meanwhile, the Karnataka Associated Management of Schools also gave a letter to Mr. Immanuel about the proliferation of unauthorised schools in the State without affiliation to any board, “which is creating several challenges for legitimate ICSE-affiliated schools.”

The Hindu

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