10-year-old moves HC questioning law making Kannada compulsory in CBSE/ICSE schools
The Hindu
A 10-year-old student of Class IV studying in a school affiliated to the central board has moved the High Court of Karnataka questioning the constitutional validity of Kannada Language Learning (KLL)
A 10-year-old student of Class IV studying in a school affiliated to the central board has moved the High Court of Karnataka questioning the constitutional validity of Kannada Language Learning (KLL) Act, 2015, which makes teaching of Kannada compulsory either as a first or second language from Class I to X from the academic year 2015-16 even in schools affiliated to CBSE/ICSE.
The student, Keertan Suresh of Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bengaluru, represented by his mother, Sujatha N., has termed the KLL Act, 2015 as “ex facie harsh, draconian, discriminatory, and violative of the Constitution of India”.
Justice R. Devdas, before whom the petition came up for hearing, ordered issue of notice to the State government. The petition has been filed as the school authorities informed the parents that now they had to introduce Kannada as second language as per government directions.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.