This morning I viewed a news report that Kannada is going to be made compulsory in all K-12 schools in Karnataka and that private schools are going to respond by taking the matter to court.
I tried to find out as to whether Kannada is going to be mandatory as 1st, 2nd or 3rd language. As the TV report was not clear I tried to Google and get information from the horse's mouth. But my search result for 'Karnataka Board of Secondary Education" listed only websites of Karnataka Board of Secondary Education Examinations.
Instead of aspiring not only for education to make a living, parents should aspire for education for living, which is more important. Precisely put, learning a local language while in school can help children to communicate better and take part in the community in meaningful ways, instead of learning a foreign language, which they can, at any time, outside school.
I think that the Government's move is good unless the language is made compulsory as 1st language.
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