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The Department of Collegiate Education has issued an bid to each government, aided and backstage grade colleges arsenic good arsenic B.Ed colleges to behaviour each missive correspondence and taxable documents for National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation successful Kannada.
In the aftermath of a missive written by the Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA), Commissioner of Department of Collegiate Education N. Manjushree issued the order.
“The NAAC evaluates and grades authorities first-grade colleges, backstage and aided grade colleges, and B.Ed., colleges each 5 years according to the world prime standards of the institution. Therefore, astir each the documents and correspondence of the assemblage to NAAC is submitted successful English only. But since Kannada is the sovereign and administrative connection successful Karnataka, regular correspondence related to NAAC has to beryllium conducted successful Kannada,” reads the order.
Complaint by Kannada professor
A Kannada prof of R.B.N.M.S. First Grade College successful Bengaluru had filed a ailment with the Kannada Development Authority alleging that the Kannada section is being forced to hole each documents successful English connected the pretext of University Grants Commission (UGC) and NAAC accreditation and is being subjected to intelligence harassment by imposing English connected Kannada faculties.
KDA Chairman Purushottama Bilimale expressed his dissatisfaction by saying, “There is simply a directive that regular correspondence related to NAAC should beryllium conducted successful Kannada, and it is wide that RBNMS assemblage has violated the volition of this bid and adopted an anti-Kannada attitude.”
He wrote a missive to the Commissioner of the Department of Collegiate Education successful this regard, requesting them to contented a circular to each backstage grade colleges to behaviour immoderate correspondence related to UGC and NAAC accreditation successful Kannada and not to harass Kannada faculties successful anyway.
Kannadiga subordinate successful NAAC committee
Prof. Bilimale said that determination should beryllium 1 subordinate from each State successful the NAAC committee. Accordingly, erstwhile the NAAC committee comes to Karnataka, determination should beryllium 1 subordinate who is simply a Kannadiga. He should construe the indispensable documents into English for the NAAC. “However, NAAC is violating these rules. Members from the respective States are not appointed to the committee. Those from extracurricular the State unit them to taxable each documents and correspondence successful English only. They contented notices to the principals of the colleges,” helium said.
“Kannada professors person to marque a Powerpoint presumption successful English earlier the NAAC committee. All the indispensable documents person to beryllium submitted successful English. What is the justness successful submitting documents successful English for Kannada subjects?” helium questioned.
“Kannada connection is the administrative connection successful Karnataka. In addition, the government’s orders are besides wide astir submitting documents and conducting correspondence with UGC and NAAC successful determination languages. Especially, if documents are asked successful English, those documents tin beryllium translated from Kannada and submitted oregon determination are opportunities to woody with them bilingually,” helium added.
