Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Goverment action against primary schools will KILL KANNADA
Many parents like me have choosen these schools because these schools teach Kannada as well as English. It would have been a EASY decision to admit children to schools which teach only English and it needs enoromous LOVE for KANNADA to admit children to schools which teach KANNADA also. Government in its current thinking is even affecting schools which teach ENGLISH in addition to KANNADA and this is a HUGE retrograde step. This will make most parents to switch to schools which teach only ENGLISH. AND THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOLS LEFT TO TEACH KANNADA. AND THIS WILL HURT KANNADA and KANNADIGAS.
The parents need to prepare their children for tomorrow and everyone cannot become a farmer or take up a job which does not need any communication. Everyone knows what is driving the job market today and what are the requirements. A country like China is making all efforts to get the people in China to learn English as a compulsory subject our government is taking a retrograde step of setting Karnataka and India behind by several years and loose the competitive edge in the globalization scenario.
It is the parents who need to decide what languages need to be studied and NOT THE GOVERNMENT. Government instead of dictating what languages to be taught should ENSURE that INTEREST of KANNADA is protected by ensuring all schools also teach KANNADA (including CBSE AND ICSE , INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS in the state). IT SHOULD PLAY A ENABLING ROLE TO ENSURE ALL SCHOOLS HAVE FACILITIES needed to run the school productively and ensure children are educated in the best way possible.Most learned men know that languages are best learnt when the children are young and this skill need to be utilized to the best extent. Government should ensure all the institutions also teach Kannada and should not put any restriction on the schools to teach additional subjects and languages.
Also, the way government is taking action is most uncalled far and it looks like the government has decided to cause trouble to all the parents in KARNATAKA who have young children. Government should have taken initiative to publish the list at the beginning of the year.
IT IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT AND IS ACTING WITHOUT A VISION - WHILE ON ONE BREADTH THE CHIEF MINISTER WANTS TO INTRODUCE ENGLISH EDUCATION IN RURAL AREAS, EDUCATION MINISTER WANTS TO ELIMINATE SCHOOLS TEACHING ENGLISH.
The parents need to prepare their children for tomorrow and everyone cannot become a farmer or take up a job which does not need any communication. Everyone knows what is driving the job market today and what are the requirements. A country like China is making all efforts to get the people in China to learn English as a compulsory subject our government is taking a retrograde step of setting Karnataka and India behind by several years and loose the competitive edge in the globalization scenario.
It is the parents who need to decide what languages need to be studied and NOT THE GOVERNMENT. Government instead of dictating what languages to be taught should ENSURE that INTEREST of KANNADA is protected by ensuring all schools also teach KANNADA (including CBSE AND ICSE , INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS in the state). IT SHOULD PLAY A ENABLING ROLE TO ENSURE ALL SCHOOLS HAVE FACILITIES needed to run the school productively and ensure children are educated in the best way possible.Most learned men know that languages are best learnt when the children are young and this skill need to be utilized to the best extent. Government should ensure all the institutions also teach Kannada and should not put any restriction on the schools to teach additional subjects and languages.
Also, the way government is taking action is most uncalled far and it looks like the government has decided to cause trouble to all the parents in KARNATAKA who have young children. Government should have taken initiative to publish the list at the beginning of the year.
IT IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT AND IS ACTING WITHOUT A VISION - WHILE ON ONE BREADTH THE CHIEF MINISTER WANTS TO INTRODUCE ENGLISH EDUCATION IN RURAL AREAS, EDUCATION MINISTER WANTS TO ELIMINATE SCHOOLS TEACHING ENGLISH.
