On 28/Sep/2006, at 9:42 PM, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
These schools were licensed to teach in Kannada as the primary
medium of
instruction. However, they were using English as the primary medium,
and Kannada was being relegated to the second language, on demand from
the parents of the children.
You can bet the shutting down is just (a) a stunt to appease those
who fear Kannada's demise as a language of significance, and (b) a
scam to extract more money from these schools in the name of license
upgrades.
They'll be back soon. This is temporary.
--
Kiran Jonnalagadda
http://jace.seacrow.com/