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 Bharati Karnataka Trust have by way of interim relief sought to stay the operation of two order dated 7/08/2021 and 15/09/2021, to the extent that Kannada had been made compulsory subject in graduation, along with the guidelines for implementation. The court while posting the matter for considering interim relief on Friday HC observed "Tomorrow if Tamil Nadu will say the Tamil language is compulsory, Uttar Pradesh Government will say Hindi would be compulsory. Another petition pending before High Court: On September 23, a single bench of Justice R Devdas has issued a notice on a petition filed by a fourth standard student, studying in an Indian Certificate of Secondary Education affiliated school in Bengaluru, seeking to declare the Kannada Language Learning Act, 2018, which makes it compulsory for all the institutions in the State of Karnataka to introduce Kannada Language as a compulsory subject, either as a first or second language, from Standard I, II, III and IV, for the academic year 2020-21.

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How NEP is reshaping language policy, assessments, pedagogy in Uttar Pradesh
1 week, 5 days ago

How NEP is reshaping language policy, assessments, pedagogy in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

As the debate intensifies in Parliament over Tamil Nadu government’s opposition to National Education Policy and the three-language policy, HT explores the progress made by the Uttar Pradesh government over the past four years in implementing NEP, particularly in the context of the UP secondary education and the languages adopted to promote multilingualism. Additionally, they must opt for one more …

Petition in SC for implementation of NEP formula
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3 weeks ago

Petition in SC for implementation of NEP formula

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A Tamil Nadu-based lawyer filed a PIL in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to implement the three-language curriculum policy notified in the National Education Policy 2020, in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. All state governments except Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal have adopted and implemented the Centre education policy, which stipulates the Tri-Language …

Venkaiah Naidu wants Telugu compulsory in Andhra government affairs, schools
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Venkaiah Naidu wants Telugu compulsory in Andhra government affairs, schools

India Today  

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has appealed to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to promote and implement Telugu at the government level, emphasising the need to strengthen its use in official duties and education. Speaking in Visakhapatnam, Venkaiah Naidu expressed confidence that the chief minister would take steps to make Telugu mandatory in government notices, question papers, …

NEP’s three-language policy is not about Hindi imposition
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

NEP’s three-language policy is not about Hindi imposition

Hindustan Times  

“We consider all Indian languages as soul of Bharatiyata and the link to a better future for the country.” These words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi symbolise the quintessential core of the transformative National Education Policy 2020. By ensuring foremost priority to one’s mother tongue and regional languages, NEP 2020 conclusively strengthens cooperative federalism. The visionary NEP 2020, by steadfastly …

NEP will not impose Hindi in T.N., says Dharmendra Pradhan
3 weeks, 4 days ago

NEP will not impose Hindi in T.N., says Dharmendra Pradhan

The Hindu  

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asserted that the New Education Policy would not impose Hindi on States and Tamil Nadu’s opposition had “political reasons” behind it. “We have never said in NEP 2020 that only Hindi will be there; we have only said that education will be based on mother tongue, in Tamil Nadu, it will be Tamil,” …

All languages are equally important, no Hindi push: Dharmendra Pradhan
3 weeks, 4 days ago

All languages are equally important, no Hindi push: Dharmendra Pradhan

India Today  

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday, March 2, 2025, stated that the New Education Policy 2020 does not force Hindi upon any state. His statements come at a time when the Tamil Nadu government remains opposed to the three-language policy of NEP 2020. "NEP 2020 highlights all languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Odia, and Punjabi. The NEP 2020 suggests education …

'No Kannada, No Business' — Sidda Govt's Mandate Amid Language Row In Karnataka
3 weeks, 6 days ago

'No Kannada, No Business' — Sidda Govt's Mandate Amid Language Row In Karnataka

ABP News  

In a move to promote Kannada language and ensure its widespread use, Karnataka government has issued a directive requiring all industrial and consumer products manufactured in the state to display their names and usage instructions in Kannada, alongside other languages. The Karnataka government has brought the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, 2022, on March 12, 2024." The enforcement of this …

Karnataka mandates extensive use of Kannada in governance, education, business
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Karnataka mandates extensive use of Kannada in governance, education, business

India Today  

The Karnataka State Government has issued a directive mandating the extensive use of Kannada in government and business operations across the state. The order follows recommendations from the Kannada Development Authority and aligns with the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, which, according to the government, aims at the “comprehensive development of the Kannada language and providing better opportunities to Kannadigas …

Anbumani flays T.N. govt for delay in making Tamil a compulsory subject in schools
1 month ago

Anbumani flays T.N. govt for delay in making Tamil a compulsory subject in schools

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday slammed the Tamil Nadu government for failing to take steps to make Tamil a compulsory subject and the medium of instruction in schools across the State. In a statement, he said to protect its mother tongue, the Telangana government had recently announced that learning Telugu would be made compulsory for students from …

No Class 10 certificate without Punjabi? Punjab vs CBSE controversy explained
1 month ago

No Class 10 certificate without Punjabi? Punjab vs CBSE controversy explained

India Today  

After Punjab declared Punjabi language a compulsory subject in schools, in all boards -- CBSE, ICSE, IB or regional -- on Wednesday, the rift between the Central government and the AAP-led state government seems to have widened. PUNJAB'S STANCE ON THE CBSE DRAFT POLICY State Education Minister Harjot Bains, in response to the CBSE draft policy, had posted a video …

Telangana govt makes Telugu a compulsory subject in CBSE, ICSE, IB, and other board-affiliated schools
1 month ago

Telangana govt makes Telugu a compulsory subject in CBSE, ICSE, IB, and other board-affiliated schools

Live Mint  

The Telangana Government has mandated the inclusion of Telugu as a compulsory subject in all CBSE, ICSE, IB, and other Board-affiliated schools within the state from the forthcoming academic year. The official release said that the state government had enacted the Telangana Act in 2018 to make teaching Telugu compulsory in government Zilla Parishad, mandal parishad, aided schools, as well …

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 …

Telangana mandates Telugu for Classes 1-10 in all schools operating in state
1 month ago

Telangana mandates Telugu for Classes 1-10 in all schools operating in state

India Today  

Amid the language row in Tamil Nadu over the three-language policy, the Telangana government has made Telugu a compulsory subject for students from Classes 1 to 10 in all schools operating in the state. In 2018, an official release stated that the Telangana Act was enacted to ensure Telugu was taught in government Zilla Parishad, mandal parishad, aided schools, and …

NEP does not mandate Hindi: K Annamalai asks why DMK leaders are sending their own children to 3-language schools while depriving common Tamilians of the same
1 month ago

NEP does not mandate Hindi: K Annamalai asks why DMK leaders are sending their own children to 3-language schools while depriving common Tamilians of the same

Op India  

According to a famous Chinese proverb, “To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” However, DMK members and their ecosystem are unreasonably fixated on the notion that Tamils shouldn’t learn Hindi or Sanskrit and they have repeatedly voiced the same. M K Stalin, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, hence has …

DK Kannada Sahitya Sammelana urges State government to recruit school teachers
1 month ago

DK Kannada Sahitya Sammelana urges State government to recruit school teachers

The Hindu  

The two-day 27th Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Sammelana which concluded at Mangalore University on Saturday passed a resolution urging the State government to fill up sanctioned vacant posts of teachers at government and government-aided private schools in the State. The second resolution said that many government-aided private schools had been closed down in the State for not recruiting teachers against the …

NEP row: Pradhan asks Stalin to rise above politics, prioritise policies that empower students
1 month, 1 week ago

NEP row: Pradhan asks Stalin to rise above politics, prioritise policies that empower students

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government should prioritise the interests of young learners and rise above political differences, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said. Stalin, a copy of which was shared on Mr. Pradhan’s X handle, he said: “As leaders entrusted with shaping the destiny of our young minds, it is imperative that the State government rises above politics and prioritise …

NEP upholds linguistic freedom, does not impose any language on states: Pradhan
1 month, 1 week ago

NEP upholds linguistic freedom, does not impose any language on states: Pradhan

Hindustan Times  

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday stressed that the National Education Policy 2020 “upholds the principle of linguistic freedom” and “does not advocate the imposition of any language” on states, amid an ongoing political slugfest between the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government over the three-language formula. Terming the three-language formula, which makes it mandatory for every school student …

Until Tamil Nadu accepts NEP, funds will be withheld: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan
1 month, 1 week ago

Until Tamil Nadu accepts NEP, funds will be withheld: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday categorically said that funds under the Samagra Shiksha scheme will not be released for Tamil Nadu unless the state government accepts the National Education Policy, 2020, in its entirety. Claiming the non-release of funds was the state’s fault, he said, “They are politically motivated and not acting for the welfare of …

New UGC regulations contradict NEP, says Karnataka home minister
1 month, 3 weeks ago

New UGC regulations contradict NEP, says Karnataka home minister

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The University Grants Commission’s growing influence over education policies, from primary to higher education, is a cause for concern. Many of the proposals from the National Education Policy 2020, which aimed to strengthen regional languages and cultures, have now been contradicted by the new UGC draft regulations, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara said. He was speaking at the Higher …

Karnataka ministers call for review of UGC draft regulations over regional autonomy concerns
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka ministers call for review of UGC draft regulations over regional autonomy concerns

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The University Grants Commission’s growing influence over education policies, from primary to higher education, is a cause for concern. Many of the proposals from the National Education Policy 2020, which aimed to strengthen regional languages and cultures, have now been contradicted by the new UGC draft regulations, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara said. He was speaking at the Higher …

Act against Kannada schools teaching in English medium, says S.R. Gunjal
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Act against Kannada schools teaching in English medium, says S.R. Gunjal

The Hindu  

Taking strong exception to schools that have taken permission as Kannada medium schools but imparting education in English, ‘sarvadhyaksha’ of 17th Dharwad Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, veteran librarian, and writer S.R. Mr. Gunjal said that the High Court’s verdict against education in the mother tongue had undermined the essence of primary education in Karnataka. Mr. Gunjal also demanded implementation of …

2017 engineers recruitment process: Karnataka High Court directs KPCL to re-conduct Kannada test
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2017 engineers recruitment process: Karnataka High Court directs KPCL to re-conduct Kannada test

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. to re-conduct the Kannada language test for various posts of assistant engineer and junior engineer for which the technical and Kannada language tests held in February 2024 as per the recruitment notification issued way back in August 2017. “The KPCL’s act of introducing minimum qualifying marks for the …

Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu advises people living in Karnataka to learn Kannada; netizens say, ’let’s divide country’
4 months, 1 week ago

Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu advises people living in Karnataka to learn Kannada; netizens say, ’let’s divide country’

Live Mint  

Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu has asked people living in Bengaluru to learn Kannada and teach their kids the local language, too, drawing strong reactions from people on social media. If you make Bengaluru your home, you should learn Kannada and your kids should learn Kannada,” Vembu wrote on X, adding, “Not doing so after living many years in Bengaluru is …

24 students opt for Kannada-medium engg. seats this year, but will they stick to their choice is the question
6 months, 3 weeks ago

24 students opt for Kannada-medium engg. seats this year, but will they stick to their choice is the question

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Examinations Authority has announced the final results of seat allotment of the first round for entry to engineering, medical, and other professional courses, and a total of 24 students have secured seats for Kannada-medium engineering courses this year. A total of 17 students opted for Kannada-medium civil and mechanical engineering courses in the first year, but all withdrew …

‘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 …

CISCE asks member schools to teach Kannada as first or second language
8 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Hindu  

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 …

Karnataka: 1,419 government schools to start bilingual education
9 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: 1,419 government schools to start bilingual education

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Taking note of the poor performance of Kannada and other language medium schools in SSLC exams, and their dwindling numbers in the state, the Department of School Education and Literacy recently passed an order to start bilingual education – in English and Kannada. The department had invited applications for beginning bilingual classes from schools and received 1,800 applications, of …

‘Opposition from stake-holders forced Karnataka govt to reject NEP 2020’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Opposition from stake-holders forced Karnataka govt to reject NEP 2020’

The Hindu  

Referring to rejection of National Education Policy 2020 by Karnataka, Karigoleshwar, Principal of Government First Grade College, Jewargi, held that the protest by students and resistance from other stakeholders had forced the State Government to reject NEP 2020. I am happy that students in Karnataka raised their voices and took to the streets, which forced the State Government to reject …

Karnataka to encourage English medium education from primary level
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka to encourage English medium education from primary level

The Hindu  

To encourage English-medium education from the primary level and to strengthen the learning ability of children in government schools, the Department of School Education and Literacy has decided to start pre-primary classes and additional English-medium sections from class I in government schools across Karnataka from the 2024-25 academic year. Cauvery, Commissioner of Department of Public Instruction, told The Hindu, “Proposals …

Teaching Kannada in educational institutions remains a challenge
1 year, 4 months ago

Teaching Kannada in educational institutions remains a challenge

The Hindu  

While the State is celebrating 50 years of being named Karnataka, the implementation of teaching Kannada as a compulsory language continues to be a challenge. According to the 2015 Act, “All students studying in classes I to X in all schools in the State will learn Kannada as first or second language in a phased manner.” Along with this, provision …

Hold Central govt job exams in Kannada & not just in English, Hindi: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to write to PM Modi
1 year, 4 months ago

Hold Central govt job exams in Kannada & not just in English, Hindi: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to write to PM Modi

Firstpost  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pointed out that the state produced many eminent scientists who studied in the Kannada medium Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Wednesday said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pitch for holding competitive examinations for Central government jobs in Kannada. In his address on the occasion of 68th Karnataka Rajyotsava, at Kanteerava Stadium, Siddaramaiah said …

S.98 Karnataka Education Act Applicable To Unaided Educational Institutions Run By Linguistic Minority Bodies: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

S.98 Karnataka Education Act Applicable To Unaided Educational Institutions Run By Linguistic Minority Bodies: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that Section 98 of the Karnataka Education Act, which pertains to the Retrenchment of Employees, is applicable to unaided educational institutions run by the linguistic minority institution. The hospital relied on TMA Pai Foundation vs. State of Karnataka 8 SCC 481 to argue that Section 98 is not applicable to the unaided educational institution …

Karnataka govt forms 15-member commission to craft State Education Policy
1 year, 5 months ago

Karnataka govt forms 15-member commission to craft State Education Policy

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced formation of a 15-member commission tasked with crafting a new education policy for state. "Government is please to accord sanction to constitute the State Education Policy Commission for preparation of draft Karnataka State Education Policy under the chairmanship of Prof Sukhdev Thorat, an eminent Educationist, Economist, Professor, Writer and Former Chairman of UGC New …

There are no takers for Kannada medium engineering courses in Karnataka
1 year, 6 months ago

There are no takers for Kannada medium engineering courses in Karnataka

The Hindu  

September 10, 2023 05:31 pm | Updated 09:31 pm IST - Bengaluru The response to engineering courses in the Kannada medium has been poor this year, too. The four year B.Sc Honours course in engineering colleges launched by the Visvesvaraya Technological University two years ago has also elicited poor response. In 2021-22, 17 students opted for the Kannada engineering courses …

Semesters, extra language in curriculum framework
1 year, 7 months ago

Semesters, extra language in curriculum framework

Hindustan Times  

Two Indian languages as compulsory subjects in Class IX and Class X and one in Class XI and Class XII; a semester system for Class XI and Class XII with the option to sit for so-called board examinations twice a year, helping students test immediately in a course they have finished in a semester; and the freedom to choose subjects …

Mandatorily Teaching Kannada Language In Schools Prejudicially Affects Both Students And Teachers: Plea In Karnataka High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Mandatorily Teaching Kannada Language In Schools Prejudicially Affects Both Students And Teachers: Plea In Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court division bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal on Wednesday issued notice to the State government on a PIL filed by parents and teachers of children studying in various CBSE and CISCE schools in the state, questioning few enactments that make teaching of Kannada language in schools compulsory.The plea states …

Parents move HC against mandatory learning of Kannada in CBSE/CICSE schools in Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Parents move HC against mandatory learning of Kannada in CBSE/CICSE schools in Karnataka

Firstpost  

The petitioners have moved the high court against the Kannada Language Learning Act 2015, The Kannada Language Learning Rules 2017 and the Karnataka Educational Institutions 2022 by which learning Kannada as a first, second or third language is m Over 20 parents of children studying in CBSE/CICSE schools in Karnataka have moved the high court against the state government’s decision …

Parents move HC: Why is Kannada compulsory even in CBSE, CISCE schools?
1 year, 7 months ago

Parents move HC: Why is Kannada compulsory even in CBSE, CISCE schools?

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday ordered issue of notice to the State government on PIL petitions filed by a group of parents questioning the laws that make the study of Kannada language compulsory even for students studying in the Central Board of Secondary Education and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations in the State. The petitioners …

Kannada teaching row: KDA serves notice to Bengaluru school
1 year, 8 months ago

Kannada teaching row: KDA serves notice to Bengaluru school

The Hindu  

Kannada Development Authority has served a notice to the management of Sophia High School, Bengaluru, seeking an explanation over allegations of plans to drop Kannada as the second language from eighth grade onwards. In the notice sent on Tuesday, Santosh Hanagalla, Secretary, KDA, said: “A group of 50 parents have allegedly approached the school to drop Kannada as a subject. …

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 …

Now, controversy over ‘ignoring’ Kannada in CRPF exam
1 year, 11 months ago

Now, controversy over ‘ignoring’ Kannada in CRPF exam

The Hindu  

Coming close on the heels of the controversy of labelling curd in Hindi on KMF’s Nandini sachets and the more recent announcement of Amul’s entry into Bengaluru market, controversy has broken out over not allowing Kannada in the entrance examination for Central Reserve Police Force, with Opposition Congress and JD slamming the BJP government at the Centre for ignoring regional …

Amendments necessary to the Constitution for saving Kannada and 20 other languages in 8th schedule, says Bilimale
2 years, 1 month ago

Amendments necessary to the Constitution for saving Kannada and 20 other languages in 8th schedule, says Bilimale

The Hindu  

Former Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Purushothama Bilimale, here on Sunday, January 5, expressed the need to amend Article 343 of the Constitution to give primacy to Kannada and 20 other regional languages in the 8th schedule and save them from getting extinct. Speaking at a workshop on “Whether National Education Policy can …

National Education Policy prescribes no language; States can choose, says Centre’s high-powered panel chief
2 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy prescribes no language; States can choose, says Centre’s high-powered panel chief

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Education in November 2021 constituted a high-powered committee, the Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti, for the promotion of Indian languages, led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -affiliated Sanskrit proponent and Padma Shri awardee Chamu Krishna Shastry. The committee is tasked with preparing an action plan for the growth of Indian languages as prescribed under National Education Policy 2020, which …

Karnataka to give sops to firms only if Kannadigas get priority in jobs
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka to give sops to firms only if Kannadigas get priority in jobs

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Industrial establishments not giving first priority to Kannadigas in jobs, as prescribed, will not be eligible for rebates, tax exemptions and incentives from the state as the Karnataka government moots wide-ranging measures for comprehensive development and promotion of Kannada at different levels. Activists have been demanding for many years now a legal framework providing teeth to existing rules and …

Language as barrier: On making mother tongue the medium for higher studies
2 years, 7 months ago

Language as barrier: On making mother tongue the medium for higher studies

The Hindu  

The call by Home Minister Amit Shah last week for engineering, law and medicine to be taught in Indian languages is a well-intentioned one. His stand is in sync with one of the focal points of the National Education Policy 2020, i.e., the promotion of Indian languages in higher education. The NEP provides for more higher educational institutions and programmes …

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 …

KDA objects to Karnataka Education Institutions Rules, 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

KDA objects to Karnataka Education Institutions Rules, 2022

The Hindu  

The Kannada Development Authority has submitted objections against the draft notification released by the Department of Primary and Secondary Education on Karnataka Education Institutions Rules, 2022. Nagabharana, KDA chairman, has submitted the objections to the Principal Secretary of the Primary and Secondary Education Department and warned of an agitation if the objections are ignored. In his letter to the department, …

Nagabharana calls for getting united to protect, develop, and expand Kannada
2 years, 9 months ago

Nagabharana calls for getting united to protect, develop, and expand Kannada

The Hindu  

Detailing the challenges that Kannada language is facing, T.S. Nagabharana, chairman of the Kannada Development Authority, called upon the people to get united and work for protecting, developing, and expanding the language beyond the boundaries of Karnataka. If we want to expand the Kannada language beyond the boundaries of Karnataka, the youth must come forward with commitment,” he said. In …

N-E opposes plans to make Hindi \'must\' school subject
2 years, 11 months ago

N-E opposes plans to make Hindi \'must\' school subject

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The Centre’s plans to make Hindi a compulsory language in schools up to Class 10 across states has triggered angry reactions among many organisations, including Asom Sahitya Sabha, an influential literary body opposing the idea and asking the central government to concentrate on conserving and promoting indigenous languages. Only opting for fourth-grade jobs in south India will not make …

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 …

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