<p class="title">The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has locked horns with the Centre-run Kendriya Vidyalayas over the implementation of a law which has made teaching Kannada as a language subject compulsory in all schools.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kannada Language Learning Act, 2015, requires schools to teach Kannada as either first or second language. The government says the law applies to all<br />schools.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka has 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs). The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has raised a flag over implementing the law. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“Kendriya Vidyalayas have claimed that the law doesn’t apply to them. We are taking this up with the government,” KDA chairperson SG Siddaramaiah said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The KDA believes the KVs are trying to “evade” teaching Kannada as a subject.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the rules framed under the Kannada Language Learning Act, Kannada as a language subject will be extended to higher classes with each passing year. By 2027, Kannada will be taught from Class 1 to 10.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, however, has told the government that teaching Kannada would require students in the first place and the personnel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apparently, KVs can teach a regional language only if it has more than 20 students. Fewer students make it less feasible in terms of manpower and budget, it is argued.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The KVs also point out that the Kannada Language Learning Act did not specifically mention that they would come under its ambit.</p>
<p class="title">The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has locked horns with the Centre-run Kendriya Vidyalayas over the implementation of a law which has made teaching Kannada as a language subject compulsory in all schools.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kannada Language Learning Act, 2015, requires schools to teach Kannada as either first or second language. The government says the law applies to all<br />schools.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka has 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs). The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has raised a flag over implementing the law. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“Kendriya Vidyalayas have claimed that the law doesn’t apply to them. We are taking this up with the government,” KDA chairperson SG Siddaramaiah said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The KDA believes the KVs are trying to “evade” teaching Kannada as a subject.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the rules framed under the Kannada Language Learning Act, Kannada as a language subject will be extended to higher classes with each passing year. By 2027, Kannada will be taught from Class 1 to 10.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, however, has told the government that teaching Kannada would require students in the first place and the personnel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apparently, KVs can teach a regional language only if it has more than 20 students. Fewer students make it less feasible in terms of manpower and budget, it is argued.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The KVs also point out that the Kannada Language Learning Act did not specifically mention that they would come under its ambit.</p>
