Bengaluru: Karnataka The High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the state government and the Council for the School Certificate Examinations of India, New Delhi, on a petition filed by a 10-year-old school student from Bengaluru.
Keertan Suresh, Class IV student Bishop Cotton Boys SchoolHis mother, represented by N Sujatha, who is a child rights activist, has requested the court to issue an order Kannada The Language Teaching Act, 2015, is unconstitutional, illegal and ultra vires as it does not exempt institutions affiliated to CBSE/ICSE.
Under Section 3 of the Act, it is mandatory for all institutions in Karnataka to offer Kannada as one of the subjects as a first or second language from 2015-16. Standard I and II in 2016-17 and extend it up to Class X in a phased manner.
As per the order of the Education Department issued under rules for learning kannada languageIn 2017, the principal of the petitioner’s school informed the students that Kannada would be taught as a second language, while other preferred languages as a third language for grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 from the academic year 2020-2021. will be continued in
The petitioner submitted that the compulsion to study a regional language as a first or second language violates the rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 and places a burden on the students.
Keertan Suresh, Class IV student Bishop Cotton Boys SchoolHis mother, represented by N Sujatha, who is a child rights activist, has requested the court to issue an order Kannada The Language Teaching Act, 2015, is unconstitutional, illegal and ultra vires as it does not exempt institutions affiliated to CBSE/ICSE.
Under Section 3 of the Act, it is mandatory for all institutions in Karnataka to offer Kannada as one of the subjects as a first or second language from 2015-16. Standard I and II in 2016-17 and extend it up to Class X in a phased manner.
As per the order of the Education Department issued under rules for learning kannada languageIn 2017, the principal of the petitioner’s school informed the students that Kannada would be taught as a second language, while other preferred languages as a third language for grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 from the academic year 2020-2021. will be continued in
The petitioner submitted that the compulsion to study a regional language as a first or second language violates the rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 and places a burden on the students.
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