Sanskrit to be made mandatory second language in Uttarakhand schools
5 years, 6 months ago

Sanskrit to be made mandatory second language in Uttarakhand schools

Op India  

In a bid to revive to the usage of India’s ancient cultural language Sanskrit, the Uttarakhand government has decided to make Sanskrit a mandatory subject for students from class 3-8 across all schools in the state. The Uttarakhand government announced that it will make Sanskrit education compulsory from Class 3 to 8 in both government and private schools of the state. Sanskrit is the second official language of the hill state and according to the government, the step will help promote language’s popularity. Sanskrit is already taught compulsorily from class 3 till class 12 in Uttarakhand government schools.

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Telugu language now compulsory subject in all Telangana schools
1 month ago

Telugu language now compulsory subject in all Telangana schools

India Today  

The Telangana government has decided to make Telugu language a mandatory subject in all CBSE, ICSE, IB and regional board schools in the state. 'Singidi' is the existing Telugu textbook studied in schools, and 'Vennela Telugu' is a more elementary version intended to simplify learning the language and bring it closer to students. Through these reforms, the Telangana government aims …

In 13 Uttarakhand villages, Sanskrit to be used in daily life
1 month, 2 weeks ago

In 13 Uttarakhand villages, Sanskrit to be used in daily life

The Hindu  

The Uttarakhand government has designated one village in each of its 13 districts as an ‘Adarsh Sanskrit village’ to preserve and promote the ancient Indian language which is also the State’s second language, State Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said on Tuesday. “Even children of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be encouraged to study Sanskrit to promote harmony …

Who will recruit teachers in 973 Sanskrit schools, colleges in U.P.?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Who will recruit teachers in 973 Sanskrit schools, colleges in U.P.?

Hindustan Times  

A piquant situation prevails in the Hindi heartland state of Uttar Pradesh. Students at a Sanskrit secondary school in Prayagraj It is unclear which board or commission will undertake appointment of regular teachers in 403 government-aided Sanskrit Degree colleges and 570 Sanskrit secondary schools of the state. Board of Secondary Sanskrit Education, the state government had given the right to …

PROJECT ALANKAR: Government-aided Sanskrit schools set for a revamp, ₹13.65 crore released
6 months, 2 weeks ago

PROJECT ALANKAR: Government-aided Sanskrit schools set for a revamp, ₹13.65 crore released

Hindustan Times  

Government-aided Sanskrit secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh that are over 50 years old are all set to get a major revamp from state government support. For the first time, under Project Alankar— a state government programme that aims to modernise and revitalise secondary schools—funding has been released for the proposed renovations of these Sanskrit schools. Students at a Sanskrit secondary …

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’
8 months ago

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’

The Hindu  

Prof. Purushothama Bilimale, scholar and former head of the Kannada Language Chair of Jawaharlal Nehru University, recently took charge as the chairman of the Kannada Development Authority, a body working for the development of the Kannada language. However, the Minister of School Education and Literacy is encouraging English medium education and approving English medium in government schools. However, if Kannada …

Himachal Pradesh Board To Remove Sanskrit Subject From Schools; Know Why
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Himachal Pradesh Board To Remove Sanskrit Subject From Schools; Know Why

News 18  

The Himachal School Education Board has withdrawn the decision to introduce the subject of Sanskrit in the primary schools of the state. According to the information, the Himachal School Education Board also printed books on Sanskrit and have arrived in schools. At the same time, Vishal Sharma, secretary of the Himachal Pradesh School Education Board, said that the Sanskrit subject …

Sanskrit to be taught in madrasas in Uttarakhand, says Waqf Board chairman
1 year, 6 months ago

Sanskrit to be taught in madrasas in Uttarakhand, says Waqf Board chairman

Hindustan Times  

Sanskrit will be taught compulsorily in madrasas that come under its jurisdiction, Uttarakhand Waqf Board chairman Shadab Shams has said. Shams said they will implement the National Council of Educational Research and Training curriculum in 117 madrasas under their plan to “modernise” madrasas where students can have quality education, including science, mathematics, Arabic and Sanskrit. He added, “Once the teaching …

Private schools in Tamil Nadu welcome move to have Tamil as additional compulsory subject
1 year, 10 months ago

Private schools in Tamil Nadu welcome move to have Tamil as additional compulsory subject

The Hindu  

The recent Government Order from the Directorate of Private Schools, to offer Tamil as an additional compulsory subject for students in classes IX and X who have not opted for the language, has brought relief to many private schools, students and parents. “The move to have Tamil as an additional compulsory subject, and have a test based on it should …

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 10 months ago

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Director of Private Schools has announced that students in classes 9 and 10 in all private schools affiliated to various boards, except the State board, who have not opted for Tamil as one of the languages as a part of their respective board exam requirements, will have to be mandatorily taught Tamil as an additional compulsory language …

Language labs to come in select UP govt secondary schools
1 year, 11 months ago

Language labs to come in select UP govt secondary schools

Hindustan Times  

In an effort to improve language proficiency of students of government-run secondary schools, language labs will be set up in select such schools in all 18 divisional headquarters of Uttar Pradesh in the next two years, a senior state secondary education department official aware of the move. The mission was spelled out in a recent missive sent to additional education …

Sanskrit Along With Hindi Be Given Status of National Language, Says BJP MP
2 years, 3 months ago

Sanskrit Along With Hindi Be Given Status of National Language, Says BJP MP

News 18  

A BJP MP on Monday called for giving both Sanskrit and Hindi the status of the national language. Raising the issue in Lok Sabha, BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur Pushpendra Singh Chandel said at present, there is no national language in India, however, in Article 343 of the Constitution, it has been laid down that the official language of …

Learning of Sanskrit is 'discouraged' in Tamil Nadu, Regrets Nirmala Sitharaman
2 years, 5 months ago

Learning of Sanskrit is 'discouraged' in Tamil Nadu, Regrets Nirmala Sitharaman

News 18  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman regretted on Thursday that learning of Sanskrit is discouraged in Tamil Nadu. She said in her early schooling and going till college, learning Sanskrit was not easy at all because of the “political environment in which we lived.” “And it’s not as if I lived in a foreign country. The Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka …

Telugu subject compulsory for class 1 to 10 of CBSE, ICSE, IB schools in Telangana
2 years, 9 months ago

Telugu subject compulsory for class 1 to 10 of CBSE, ICSE, IB schools in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has mandated Telugu as second language for students of CBSE, ICSE, IB and other board-affiliated schools from Class 1 to 10 beginning this academic year. A circular to this effect was issued recently by the School Education Department, which comes as part of the state government's implementation of the Telangana Act 2018 in a phased manner …

The debate on the national language
2 years, 10 months ago

The debate on the national language

The Hindu  

The story so far: Remarks by a Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India sparked a controversy recently over the status of the language under the Constitution. The official language issue was hotly debated in the Constituent Assembly, and the provisions relating to it were formulated only after a compromise that English shall continue …

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject
2 years, 11 months ago

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject

The Hindu  

The Centre’s move to make Hindi a compulsory language in schools across the eight States in the northeast has miffed various organisations in the region. Describing Hindi as “the language of India”, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Hindi would be made a must up to Class 10 in the region’s schools. Hindi can be an optional subject,” Samuel …

Step-Motherly Treatment Being Given To 'Sanskrit' Language In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Step-Motherly Treatment Being Given To 'Sanskrit' Language In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has observed that in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the state is giving stepmotherly treatment to the Sanskrit Language and further, sought a response from the UP Government as to why it is not creating a regular post of Sanskrit Teacher in the state. The bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed thus as it noted …

Himachal to introduce Sanskrit language, Vedic mathematics in elementary classes
3 years, 2 months ago

Himachal to introduce Sanskrit language, Vedic mathematics in elementary classes

India Today  

In what is being termed as the saffronisation of education, the Himachal Pradesh School Education Board chief Dr Suresh Kumar Soni has kicked off a controversy by saying that the board will introduce the Sanskrit language from Class 3 and Vedic mathematics from 6th standard onwards from the next academic session. Dr Soni while addressing a press conference in Dharamshala …

State Not To Make Kannada Language Compulsory In Degree Courses Till Further Orders: Karnataka High Court
3 years, 3 months ago

State Not To Make Kannada Language Compulsory In Degree Courses Till Further Orders: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to not compel students who do not wish to take Kannada language as a compulsory subject while pursuing degree courses, till further orders. We are of the prima facie view that matter with respect to Kannada Language being made compulsory language in higher studies on the basis of National Education …

Kannada Language As A Compulsory Subject In Degree Courses: Karnataka HC To Consider Interim Relief Against Govt. Orders On Friday
3 years, 5 months ago

Kannada Language As A Compulsory Subject In Degree Courses: Karnataka HC To Consider Interim Relief Against Govt. Orders On Friday

Live Law  

Observing that "It is a sensitive issue," the Karnataka High Court today said it would on Friday consider the prayer for interim relief sought in a petition seeking to stay the operation of two government orders, making the Kannada language as a subject compulsory for every student enrolling in a degree course in the State of Karnataka. The Petitioner Samskrita …

UP govt schools kids to study Covid, Vedic Maths and Namami Gange too
3 years, 10 months ago

UP govt schools kids to study Covid, Vedic Maths and Namami Gange too

Hindustan Times  

As part of syllabus revamp, students enrolled in around 1.59 lakh government-run primary and upper primary schools of Uttar Pradesh would soon get to study Covid-19, Vedic Maths and Namami Gange scheme. The aim is to keep our students abreast with the contemporary knowledge.” As per the changes, students of government-run 45,625 upper primary schools would be learning about Covid-19 …

MP govt plans Sanskrit only play schools to promote language and tradition
4 years, 3 months ago

MP govt plans Sanskrit only play schools to promote language and tradition

Hindustan Times  

From the next academic session, every district in Madhya Pradesh will have a playschool, where mode of education would be Sanskrit, state education minister said on Tuesday. In the play schools, students of class LKG and UKG will be taught speaking, etiquettes, shlokas and names of different objects in Sanskrit language only. MP school education department is going to introduce …

Fact check on Assam govt 'shutting down' Madrassas and Sanskrit Tols
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact check on Assam govt 'shutting down' Madrassas and Sanskrit Tols

Op India  

Several media houses published a report by IANS saying that Assam government has decided to shut down the govt run madrassas and Sanskrit tols in the state. It was announced by Himanta Biswa Sarma that both the Madrassas and Sanskrit tols will be converted to regular govt schools, and the jobs in those institutions will continue. Therefore, the Assam govt …

Sanskrit to replace Urdu on railway signboards in Uttarakhand
5 years, 2 months ago

Sanskrit to replace Urdu on railway signboards in Uttarakhand

Al Jazeera  

Move is criticised as there are fewer than 400 Sanskrit speakers in the state compared with about 400,000 Urdu speakers. The names of railway stations written in the Urdu language on platforms will be replaced with Sanskrit in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand – a move critics say is part of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party‘s attack on Muslim …

Andhra Pradesh govt to introduce English medium from next academic year, 70k teachers to be trained
5 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh govt to introduce English medium from next academic year, 70k teachers to be trained

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh government will introduce English medium from Class 1 to Class 8 from the next academic year and the necessary training will be imparted to teachers. During a review meeting on education, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said nearly 70,000 teachers would be trained for teaching in English medium in the District Institutes of Education and Training. 'High …

Uttarakhand: Garhwali language to be compulsory in Pauri schools
5 years, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand: Garhwali language to be compulsory in Pauri schools

India TV News  

For the first time in Uttarakhand, the government has started teaching Garhwali language in nearly 80 primary schools of Uttarakhand's Pauri district. "We have already started the course on Monday," District Magistrate Pauri Dhiraj Singh Gabryal said. Through this effort we have introduced the local history, food, culture and other things in these books," says Ganesh Khugshal, a Garhwali language …

Garhwali to be compulsory in Pauri schools
5 years, 8 months ago

Garhwali to be compulsory in Pauri schools

The Quint  

Dehradun, July 24 For the first time in Uttarakhand, the government has started teaching Garhwali language in nearly 80 primary schools of Uttarakhand's Pauri district. "We have already started the course on Monday," District Magistrate Pauri Dhiraj Singh Gabryal said. Through this effort we have introduced local history, food, culture and other things in these books," says Ganesh Khugshal, a …

809 posts of teachers vacant in Sanskrit universities: HRD ministry
5 years, 9 months ago

809 posts of teachers vacant in Sanskrit universities: HRD ministry

India Today  

Over 800 posts of teachers of the total 1,748 are lying vacant in Sanskrit universities and institutions funded by central and state governments, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' told Lok Sabha on Monday. Replying to a question, he said there are about 120 universities which offer Sanskrit as a subject or language while there are 15 Sanskrit universities, with three …

40% seats for Sanskrit graduation are lying vacant in UP
5 years, 9 months ago

40% seats for Sanskrit graduation are lying vacant in UP

India Today  

Even though the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is trying to promote Sanskrit in a big way by issuing press statements in the same language, the number of students who wish to study it is falling alarmingly. Students unwilling to opt Sanskrit and other languages at graduation level "Students are unwilling to opt for Sanskrit, Hindi and other subjects …

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states
5 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states

Firstpost  

The draft of the new National Education Policy, proposed by the panel constituted by Javadekar when he was HRD minister in the previous Modi government, had suggested teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. New Delhi: In the wake of a controversy over the recommendation of an HRD Ministry panel to teach Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, Union minister Prakash …

Reports claiming Hindi to be made compulsory in schools across India are 'mischievous and misleading', tweets Prakash Javadekar
6 years, 2 months ago

Reports claiming Hindi to be made compulsory in schools across India are 'mischievous and misleading', tweets Prakash Javadekar

Firstpost  

Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar has clarified that reports in the media claiming the New Education Policy is going to advocate for Hindi to be made compulsory in schools across India till Class 8 are false. Union minister of human resource development Prakash Javadekar on Thursday took to Twitter to clarify that reports of a policy in the works to …

Nope, says Prakash Javadekar to reports on proposal to make Hindi mandatory in schools
6 years, 2 months ago

Nope, says Prakash Javadekar to reports on proposal to make Hindi mandatory in schools

India Today  

Union minister Prakash Javadekar has rejected reports that a committee tasked with framing a new education policy for the country has recommended making Hindi language compulsory until Class 8. "The Committee on New Education Policy in its draft report has not recommended making any language compulsory," Javadekar said in a tweet. According to reports this morning, the committee's draft on …

Uttar Pradesh government to bring foreign language course for 7 districts in August
6 years, 8 months ago

Uttar Pradesh government to bring foreign language course for 7 districts in August

India Today  

In order to attract a large number of tourists, the Uttar Pradesh government has come up with a decision to introduce a foreign language course around the state. 7 districts in Uttar Pradesh state The pilot project will select schools covering 7 districts which are as follows: Lucknow Allahabad Agra Mathura Varanasi Gorakhpur Ghaziabad Two foreign languages in schools According …

UP Madrasa teaches Sanskrit alongside Urdu; students say '©njoying' learning
6 years, 11 months ago

UP Madrasa teaches Sanskrit alongside Urdu; students say '©njoying' learning

Deccan Chronicle  

Gorakhpur: India is a land of linguistic diversity with each region and community having its own language and dialects, and Uttar Pradesh, which is the largest state in terms of population, is the centre of languages like Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu. An initiative has been taken up by Gorakhpur's Darul Uloom Husainia Madrasa where students are being taught Sanskrit in …

This Gorakhpur madarsa teaches Sanskrit among other subjects
6 years, 11 months ago

This Gorakhpur madarsa teaches Sanskrit among other subjects

Op India  

The Darul Uloom Husainia madarsa in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, teaches Sanskrit among other subjects. Principal of the madrasa says ‘It’s a modern madrasa under UP Education board & subjects like English, Hindi, Science, Maths & Sanskrit are taught here. pic.twitter.com/g2Lc6Hm6Pq — ANI UP April 9, 2018 The principal of the madarsa says that it is a modern madrasa and other …

Telangana madrasas show the way, teach Sanskrit
7 years, 2 months ago

Telangana madrasas show the way, teach Sanskrit

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: While madrasas in Uttarakand are planning to introduce Sanskrit as one of the languages, a few Islamic schools here are already teaching students the language. “Students pursuing higher courses of comparative studies are taught Sanskrit as they have to study the religious books of other communities,” said rector Moulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani. Several institutions in the city are planning …

SC refuses plea to make Hindi compulsory in school
7 years, 10 months ago

SC refuses plea to make Hindi compulsory in school

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea to make Hindi language compulsory for school students to promote national unity. Khehar said making Hindi compulsory might open the flood gates for people speaking other languages to demand that theirs should also be made compulsory. The plea said the three-language formula provided for the study of Hindi, English and …

Tomorrow Somebody Will Ask For Making Sanskrit Mandatory: SC While Rejecting Plea For Making Hindi Compulsory In Schools
7 years, 10 months ago

Tomorrow Somebody Will Ask For Making Sanskrit Mandatory: SC While Rejecting Plea For Making Hindi Compulsory In Schools

Live Law  

“Why have you come to court with this demand. Your party is in power”, the bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar told petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya.The Supreme Court today rejected a PIL filed by a Delhi BJP leader which sought a direction to the Centre to make study of Hindi compulsory for all students of. Your party is …

Mandatory Malayalam confuses oriental schools
7 years, 11 months ago

Mandatory Malayalam confuses oriental schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Malappuram: The state government order making teaching of Malayalam language mandatory up to class 10 in all schools has caused confusion in the Sanskrit and Arabic oriental schools. The teachers’ organisations of the oriental schools say that the law would not harm the current form of oriental schools because they are in Malayalam medium. “Besides English and Arabic or Sanskrit, …

Hindi may become must till Class X in CBSE schools
7 years, 11 months ago

Hindi may become must till Class X in CBSE schools

The Hindu  

Students of schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and Kendriya Vidyalyas may have to compulsorily study Hindi till Class X with recommendations of a parliamentary panel in this regard getting the President’s nod. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has also been instructed to form a policy in consultation with the State governments to make the language …

UP govt-run school students to learn English from class 1
7 years, 11 months ago

UP govt-run school students to learn English from class 1

Hindustan Times  

English will be taught as a compulsory subject from Class 1 in government-run schools in Uttar Pradesh. Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Friday told HT: “English will be taught from Class 1. All the school heads have been directed to improve the standards.” The decision was taken after chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that he wanted students of government …

Assam govt makes Sanskrit compulsory in schools: Amid protests, literary groups threaten statewide agitation
8 years ago

Assam govt makes Sanskrit compulsory in schools: Amid protests, literary groups threaten statewide agitation

Firstpost  

Assam minister Pramila Rani Brahma has come out in support of banned outfit Ulfa chief Paresh Barua’s demand of not making Sanskrit compulsory in schools Assam minister Pramila Rani Brahma has come out in support of banned outfit Ulfa chief Paresh Barua’s demand of not making Sanskrit compulsory in schools, according to Pratidin Time. Assam has seen a series of …

Assam: BJP govt's Sanskrit dictate for schools receive sharp criticism from student bodies, parties
8 years ago

Assam: BJP govt's Sanskrit dictate for schools receive sharp criticism from student bodies, parties

Firstpost  

Assam cabinet’s decision to introduce Sanskrit as a compulsory subject till Class 8 has evoked sharp criticism from students organisations and opposition political parties in the state Guwahati: Assam cabinet’s decision to introduce Sanskrit as a compulsory subject till Class 8 has evoked sharp criticism from students organisations and opposition political parties in the state. “We are not opposed to …

Panel recommends compulsory English education in schools, reintroduction of detention policy
8 years, 2 months ago

Panel recommends compulsory English education in schools, reintroduction of detention policy

India TV News  

An education panel, formed of Secretaries on education, has recommended that English should be made “a compulsory subject in all schools from class 6th onwards” and there should be at least one government-run English-medium school in each of the 6,612 blocks in the country. The Group on Education & Social Development has recommended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “at …

Replace English with Hindi as medium of instruction in education: SSUN
8 years, 5 months ago

Replace English with Hindi as medium of instruction in education: SSUN

Live Mint  

New Delhi: An RSS-affiliated body on Friday suggested the HRD ministry to replace English with Hindi as medium of instruction from elementary to higher levels in schools and foreign languages should not be offered as an alternative to any Indian language. Among other suggestions, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas also said prestigious institutions like IITs, IIMs and NITs should make arrangements …

RSS body asks HRD to remove English as compulsory language, wipe out references that insult Indian culture
8 years, 5 months ago

RSS body asks HRD to remove English as compulsory language, wipe out references that insult Indian culture

India TV News  

With the Ministry of Human Resource Development planning to come up with an all-new Education Policy soon, the RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas has suggested to the ministry to gradually remove English as medium of instruction and emphasise on Indian languages at all levels of education. The RSS-affiliated organisation also recommended that English should no longer be compulsory at any …

ABVP recommends HRD to include Sanskrit in education policy of India
8 years, 11 months ago

ABVP recommends HRD to include Sanskrit in education policy of India

India Today  

In order to give importance to our very own mother languages, Hindi and Sanskrit, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has recently put forward a few recommendations to the Human Resource Development ministry to include these languages in the education policy of India. in higher education by including ayurveda, Sanskrit, spirituality, and yoga Also, to attract students from abroad to take …

Sanskrit will be promoted in schools, but won't be mandatory to study: Recommendations made by panel
9 years, 1 month ago

Sanskrit will be promoted in schools, but won't be mandatory to study: Recommendations made by panel

India Today  

From quite sometime, concerned panels are discussing the ways in which Sanskrit can be promoted in schools. Earlier, the University Grants Commission had also asked the universities to provide suggestions regarding the spread and development of Sanskrit language from the school-level till the higher education level. In order to make sure that the younger generation do not remain ignorant about …

Germany has started practicing Sanskrit language- India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Germany has started practicing Sanskrit language- India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: One of the oldest languages known to the mankind, Sanskrit is spreading its wings to various foreign countries. Instead, we had to increase strength and take the course to other European countries,” said Professor Dr. Axel Michaels, head of classical Indology at the university as quoted by Mail Today. “A significant part of the global cultural heritage will …

The politics of language: Only-Kannada policy of Karnataka is a gift to private school cartels
9 years, 11 months ago

The politics of language: Only-Kannada policy of Karnataka is a gift to private school cartels

Firstpost  

The politics of language in schools is back yet again — this time in Karnataka. The state government on Tuesday amended the Right To Education Act to make Kannada the mandatory medium of instruction from classes one to five. Through another bill, the Kannada Language Learning Bill, the government has also made learning Kannada mandatory from classes one to ten. …

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