Dear teachers Kerala asssembly has passed a bill making learning Malayalam compulsory in all schools in Kerala (government schools, aided, unaided schools including state, cbse, icse boards)
Malayalam will need to be learnt as a language (medium of instruction can be other languages) Is this a good move? Should Karnataka also do the same? Note RTE mandates mother tongue for the initial years of schooling while this act requires Malayalam to be eventually taught from classes 1 - 10. If such a bill is passed, how can we help students with other home languages (mother tongues) learn Kannada? What about students who may join a school in a higher class (say in class 7) or mid way during a year, from another state? How will they be able to learn from basics in short time? What about adequate learning materials/resources required at different levels? Please share your thoughts and opinions... regards, Guru IT for Change, Bengaluru www.ITforChange.net *source - http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malayalam-language-bill-passed-by-house/article18572786.ece <http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malayalam-language-bill-passed-by-house/article18572786.ece>* Malayalam language Bill passed by House - The Hindu Paving the way for compulsory learning of Malayalam in schools in the State, the Assembly on Wednesday passed the Malayalam Language (Learning) Bill, 2017. Among other things, the Bill provides for compulsory learning of Malayalam from Class I. From the next academic year, Malayalam will become compulsory for Class I. The year after that for Class II and so on till standard X. Education Minister C. Ravindranath told the Assembly that there was no question of imposing Malayalam on anyone. He was replying to concerns raised by some MLAs about the impact of the Bill on schools for linguistic minorities. The medium of instruction in schools for linguistic minorities would continue to be what it is today. Only thing, such students would also have to learn Malayalam. A special textbook would be crafted for the use of such students. Similarly, a special textbook shall be crafted by the SCERT for use in CBSE and ICSE schools for standards IX to X. Any deficiency in these schools in the teaching of Malayalam would be made good. For instance, if there aren’t enough teachers in oriental schools and schools for linguistic minorities to teach Malayalam, posts would be created to fill the lacunae. For students in Kerala’s schools, the learning of Malayalam is not just the learning of another language. It is also learning about the culture and a doorway to immense possibilities. MLAs cutting across party lines had criticised the title of the Bill which originally read Malayalam Language (Compulsory Language) Bill. This, the members argued could be seen as thrusting Malayalam on students in the State. -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to englishstf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to englishstf@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
