The government has instructed Public Instruction department officials to inspect schools in the state and confirm that Kannada is being taught either as a first language or second language in classes I to X. This is to ensure that government, aided and private state-syllabus schools are following the Kannada Language Learning Act, 2015.

The Act says that schools that did not have Kannada as a subject should compulsorily teach it either as a first or second language in stages, starting with class I in 2015-16.

In April, chairman of the Kannada Development Authority S G Siddaramaiah had written to principal secretary for primary and secondary education, seeking information on the implementation of the Act.