Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has issued a circle whose students who do not want to take Kannada in undergraduate courses should not be forced to do so until further orders from the High Court.
Circular January 21 is based on the temporary order of HC.
Students who have registered for Kannada language courses now have freedom of choosing.
“Students can learn other languages ​​from their choices instead of Kannada.
The presence that is included in Kannada can be transferred to the language chosen in this semester,” explained Thiim Gowda B, Deputy Chairperson of the Karnataka State of Higher Education Board.
Signed by Mahesh R, the words of teturing for the Ministry of Higher Education (universities), the round was aimed at all Vicechancellors and public registrants (other than VTU) and private universities; Principal of Government, College and Unaaid; And officials at the Ministry of Higher Education A S Good A is the Karnataka State Higher Education Board.
Through circulation at 7, 2021, the state government has mandated that students who pursue a college degree in universities in Karnataka must learn Kannada in line with national education policies.
Then, the government said students who had not studied Kannada in school had to study functional kannada for one semester, while others had to learn it for four semesters.
It was challenged at the High Court by Samskrita Bharati (Karnataka) Trust, Bengaluru, and three other institutions related to the promotion of Sanskrit and others submitted by five students.
The applicant claimed that M Ove the government opposed Nep’s intention.
In the order on December 16, the High Court has observed, “Prima Facie, we believe that this problem is in connection with the implementation of Kannada as a mandatory subject in a higher study based on polollysis implementation, the question requires consideration and hence, the Overnment of the State G, at this stage , it will not insist on making compulsory language.
Students who have taken Kannada based on the choice they can do it, but all students who do N PL want to take Kannada will not be forced to pursue Kannada until the order further.
“For college, the first semester It will end and they have a ‘functional kannada’ smoothly.
“The challenge is with the students who are forced to move to Kannada as the Mand Mand language given the command that if Kannada is the first or second language in class10, they must learn it for four semesters.
We advise these students.
They hate but are accepted.
Now, we need to be accepted Relook at all this language choice is because they may not continue with Kannada, “said an autonomous college faculty in the city.