Over 19,000 students to take exam for getting admission in this Kannada medium school in MangaluruA total of 19,006 students from Karnataka, including 6,417 from Belagavi district, have applied for an entrance exam to be admitted to Alva...
19 Feb, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
PM Modi didn't respond to my pleas on language policy: CM SiddaramaiahKarnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday blamed the Centre for dithering on making education in the mother tongue mandatory.
02 Nov, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
Azim Premji Foundation bats for mother tongue as primary education mediumAzim Premji Foundation has joined a growing chorus of voices that want the mother tongue to be the medium of instruction in elementary educ...
09 Nov, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
Two more Bengaluru schools reject government aid to embrace CBSE systemRVHS and BHS apparently are finding no students as they offer state board syllabus and their medium of instruction is Kannada.
04 Nov, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Bengaluru gets first digital Kannada mapYoung mappers have created the first Kannada labelled digital maps of Bengaluru. Eventually,they plan to extend it to the whole of Karnatak...
10 Jun, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
Land clause comes handy for government now after giving nod for English medium schoolsA new rule states that the schools under the city municipal corporation limits should own half an acre for classes 1-8 or a full acre for c...
02 Jun, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
Kannada wary parents may rush to CBSE, ICSE schoolsGovernment's recent amendment to the RTE Act to make Kannada the medium of instruction in classes 1 to 5 -which is awaiting the President's...
09 Apr, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Karnataka passes amendment making Kannada or mother tongue mandatory as medium of instruction under RTEThe consequence of this amendment, which comes into immediate effect, is that new English medium schools cannot be started.
01 Apr, 2015, 05.47 AM IST
Under Attack, Siddaramaiah renews his love for KannadaThe Karnataka government has for long been a strong votary of supporting the local language, particularly because of the movements on the i...
31 Jan, 2015, 01.03 PM IST
Karnataka government to make Kannada Compulsory up to Standard 5The government is trying to amend Right to Education Act; replacement has already been carried out in Tamil Nadu.
30 Jan, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
Post-HC order, Karnataka schools rush to switch to English mediumThe recent High Court order allowed a privately-run society to start a new school with English as the medium.
28 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
SC says no imposing mother tongue at primary levelSC ruled that a state government cannot insist that the medium of instruction at the primary level be the mother tongue only.
06 May, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
Outsiders in Karnataka should learn Kannada, says Karnataka CM SiddaramaiahAdmitting that one reason why people at large had disregard towards Kannada schools was due to the way the public education system function...
01 Nov, 2013, 04.08 PM IST
- Larger bench to decide issue of primary education in mother tongue: Supreme Court
Petitioners contended that the state government order was violative of the Constitution and that the students have the right to choose the ...
05 Jul, 2013, 03.40 PM IST
Karnataka BJP promises free laptops, rice at Rs oneKarnataka BJP promises 25 kg of rice at Rs 1 for all poor families and free laptops/tablets to pre-university level and graduate students.
19 Apr, 2013, 06.07 PM IST
- Lesson for Mulayam: Apex court tells states to teach in English
The Supreme Court frowned upon the imposition of mother-tongue as a compulsory medium of instruction in educational institutions and warned...
22 Jul, 2009, 05.35 AM IST
- IT hub Bangalore imposes fine on English
Teaching English in violation of the 1994 language policy? Be prepared to pay a penalty of Rs 1 lakh!
29 Mar, 2007, 10.41 AM IST