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Written By swamy - 6 August, 2008

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How is everyone seeing this new move from Unaided schools. KUSMA (association of unaided schools) has made kannada teaching mandatory for ICSE/CBSE schools. Quoting from this newindpress article:

Karnataka (Recognised) Unaided Schools Managements' Association (KUSMA) has asked all schools, including CBSE/ICSE schools in the state, to make Kannada as a compulsory subject from Class 1 to 10 ... the association appealed to all member institutions and CBSE/ICSE schools to teach Kannada as a subject “as it the language of our culture and has been upheld by the High Court and the Supreme Court.”

Are we welcoming this move? It may also be their way of scoring points before state vs KUSMA battle resumes in Supreme Court.

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from this year itself?

silkboard - 6 August, 2008 - 11:07

and will it apply to current students, say the ones who are in class 5 or 6 today. Or will it start with class 1 students next academic year, and kannada language will be taught all the way till class X?

why this? there are more pressing needs

blrpraj - 6 August, 2008 - 18:15

I wonder why additional subjects in the form of languages need to be rammed down the throats of already stressed students when there are more pressing needs in making improvements in the education system. Let the students interested in languages choose them as electives, let the parents&children choose the medium of education that way whoever feels Kannada is best for them can go to a Kannada medium school. Whoever wants to go to an English medium school can go to one and if one wants to learn Kannada can take it up as an elective subject. The end goal of the education system should be the all round development of a student with a wide variety of skills which are common to everybody irrespective of the language they are taught it.

Blrpraj - I wish

s_yajaman - 7 August, 2008 - 07:19

Blrpraj,

This is a political issue as votes hinge on this.  Children's education is the last priority in this issue.  One would think parents can take care of our children's interests, but children here have become a tool of the state and its politics.

You can see the reactions to the HC ruling - "Kannada will suffer" - not "Children's education will suffer" to see what the overriding priorities are.

Tough decision - we really as parents really don't have much choice in terms of what is taught in a school.  We like to think we have a lot of choice, but how much influence do we really have on the syllabus, etc. 

Srivathsa

 

MLC bats for English

murali772 - 11 August, 2008 - 13:08

"Students from Kannada medium are at a disadvantage in the career race as their fluency in English is not too good. Students who have scored 90 per cent in Kannada medium are not getting jobs, while English medium students even with 65 per cent are sure of jobs." says Puttanna.

For the full text, click on
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE12008081045334&Page=1&Title=Bangalore&Topic=0&

Muralidhar Rao

It's the parents' choice

murali772 - 4 September, 2008 - 12:24

A SC Bench observed: "Parents should be allowed to take a decision as to which medium of instruction suits their child. They are in the best position to judge the interest of the child". For more, click on:
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wOC8zMCNBcjAwMTA1&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

Muralidhar Rao

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