Mangalore, June 10: With an intention to elicit views of educationists and stake holders on education policy of state government vis-a-vis Kannada, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Kannada Sahitya Parishat has planned to undertake a postcard campaign.
In a press release issued here, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of district unit of the Parishat, stated that Kannada, as a language, today is facing problems, due to the various problems faced by the State on diverse fronts.
"The current education policy in the state has given rise to a situation where linguistic minority institutions can give a complete go-by to Kannada. This would lead to a situation with Kannada language becoming an orphan, in its land of origin, would be felt widespread," the release said.
It said that the Parishat intends to seek written views from organizations, educational institutions, litterateurs, writers and parents on the issue, formulate a concerted response to the issue and bring it to government's attention.
Opining that this is not a scenario that very many people in the state envisaged, and one with dangerous ramifications, Kalkura added that the sad part was that there was no clear stand on Kannada language in the state and the government's policies was only compounding the situation.
"The state government has permitted English as medium of instruction from Class VI onwards. An impression has been created that rural students will find themselves out of sync with rest of the world without English education," Kalkura said.
"This is the very reason why the Parishat wants to undertake the campaign," he said adding those interested must send across their views on two issues. Firstly, the state government without differentiating between medium of instruction in educational institutions should introduce English as one of the subject from Class I while retaining Kannada as the medium of instruction. He also addressed the issue of Kannada being retained as a compulsory subject from Class VI and facilitating English as the medium of instruction from thereon.
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