KDA sends notice to Sophia High School seeking clarification on dropping Kannada subject
The decision of the school comes in the backdrop of some 50 parents demanding the school management to stop teaching their children Kannada as it would not serve them any purpose.
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It further stated that, "The Kannada Development Authority has taken this matter seriously and requested the school to submit a report from the management board within three days of receiving this letter." The Karnataka Development Authority (KDA) has issued a notice to Bengaluru-based Sophia High School on Tuesday after the school management’s decision to not teach Kannada subject, citing demand from the parents. Kannada and Culture department Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi also has written to School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa, stating that the decision to drop Kannada subject in class 8 has insulted the Kannada culture and the identity.
The decision of the school comes in the backdrop of some 50 parents demanding the school management to stop teaching their children Kannada as it would not serve them any purpose.
The KDA in its notice mentioned that, “According to the Kannada Language Learning Act 2015, Kannada as a first language or as a second language, Kannada should be taught as a compulsory language in all schools in the state of Karnataka. It is prescribed in the said Act and Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act-2022 Cr.No. Kannada Language in Education in Class 12: It is stated that the provisions of the Kannada Bhasha Kalika Act, 2015 (Karnataka Act No. 22 of 2015) shall continue to apply in respect of education in all schools in the State.”
It further stated that, “The Kannada Development Authority has taken this matter seriously and requested the school to submit a report from the management board within three days of receiving this letter.”
Tangadagi, in his letter to the school education minister, said that, “A prestigious English-medium school in Bengaluru has initiated a process to move away from teaching Kannada as a second language in its eighth grade class. The news that the school has taken this step has been published on social media and in newspapers after non-Kannada parents who have come here from different states have told the school management that their children do not need Kannada education.”
He added, “This is an insult to the identity of the Kannada language and the Kannada language. People of any state and any language have a constitutional right to live in our state. It is necessary for them to have at least a basic understanding of the language of the land they live in. And it is everyone’s duty to respect the local language, culture and sentiments.” The minister also demanded legal action against the institution.
Sources in the institution told Indian Express that the school management will be replying to the government’s notice on Friday.
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