Fining students for speaking in Kannada is a punishable offence, says Kannada Development Authority chairman

Kannada Development Authority (KDA) president Purushottama Bilimale has expressed objection to backstage schoolhouse managements fining students for speaking successful Kannada connected the schoolhouse field successful the State, alleging that this is not lone an anti-educational measure, but besides a usurpation of the law rights of the children.

In a missive to School Literacy and Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa, helium said: “According to the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act 2022, determination should beryllium an situation conducive to the usage and dissemination of Kannada successful each acquisition institutions successful Karnataka.”

“Mother lingua plays an important relation successful the social, affectional and taste improvement of a child. Various studies person confirmed that communicating successful the parent lingua increases the vocabulary and self-confidence of students,” helium added.

“Every acquisition institution, including each English mean schools successful the State, should instantly wantonness the inhuman signifier of penalising students for speaking Kannada,” helium said.