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Article: WHAT'S MOTHER TONGUE?

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April 1, 2006
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Bangalore, Apr 01 -- What is mother tongue? The State government has failed to answer this question in its language policy issued in 1994 through which it was declared that mother tongue or Kannada should be the medium of instruction from class one to four in all schools in the State. This was an argument put forward by the managements of private educational institutions, which are running English medium schools, during the arguments on the petitions filed by them questioning the validity of the policy before a full bench of the Karnataka High Court on Friday. Interpretations There are various interpretations about "mother tongue", said Senior Counsel U L Bhat appearing for the school ...

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