KDA objects to teaching three languages in CBSE schools

The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has objected to the caller bid issued by the Union Education Ministry making the survey of 3 languages (R1, R2, R3) mandatory for people 9 and 10 successful Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools with effect from July 1, 2026. The KDA further stated that it is against the Kannada Language Learning Act, which has been successful unit successful the State since 2015.

Purushottama Bilimale, president of KDA, has written a missive to Minister of School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa, urging the Union Government to retreat and revise the order. He besides demanded that a broad revision of the No Objection Certificate (NOC) rules beryllium initiated.

“Since acquisition is simply a taxable included successful the Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution, the CBSE committee has taken a unilateral determination connected this contented without taking the State authorities into confidence, and this enactment of weakening the connection laws implemented by the State oregon issuing orders against it is unacceptable,” work the letter.

“The Kannada Language Learning Act has made the learning of Kannada compulsory successful each acquisition institutions successful the State. It is imperative that each pupil take Kannada arsenic their archetypal oregon 2nd language. This enactment has been taken with the purpose of preserving Kannada successful the State, particularly successful the discourse of the expanding fig of CBSE schools, wherever the School Education Department’s power is constricted aft issuing the NOC,” helium stated.

”Any CBSE schoolhouse functioning successful Karnataka should instantly enactment an extremity to the strategy of keeping Kannada speech arsenic the archetypal oregon 2nd language. As mentioned by the CBSE Board, the R1/R2 taxable should beryllium Kannada. Based connected a broad study connected Kannada teaching, Kannada enactment of students, Kannada teacher recruitment and connection implementation, the NOC renewal strategy should beryllium implemented. The recruitment of qualified Kannada teachers should beryllium made mandatory successful each CBSE schools successful the State,” helium said.

“There is simply a request to formulate ineligible power measures against acquisition institutions that interruption the state’s connection policy, and a parliamentary committee oregon an adept committee should beryllium constituted successful this regard,” Prof. Bilimale said.