*UGC Teacher Fellow, Department of Political Science, Kuvempu University, Shimogga
Head, Department of English, Nehru Memorial College, Sullia, Dakshina Kannada
Online published on 23 July, 2015.
This paper attempts to analyze the implications of the Supreme Court verdict on the language of education i.e., Medium of Instruction (MI). The legal tussle of two decades as a run up to the verdict, the major points the verdict touches upon, and the response to the verdict is analysed. The paper juxtaposes the preference for English as a MI and the demand for Kannada as a MI in the State. The paper attempts to unearth the nuances that MI has enveloped within itself. The right of a parent/child to choose a MI and the compulsion of the State to impose a MI is read dispassionately.
‘Mother tongue’, ‘Medium of Instruction’, ‘Minority communities’, ‘Right to Education’, and ‘Language Policy’
