Making proficiency in Hindi a yardstick for appointments in Ekalavya schools has led to linguistic chaos, and divided staff, students, and parents. It highlights the need for a more inclusive and region-sensitive approach to education.
Students are having a tough time since they don't have Kannada teachers for higher primary and high school classes in the Ekalavya Model Residential School in Chamarajanagar. (South First)
The impact of the Union government imposing Hindi in Ekalavya schools and making Hindi proficiency a yardstick for appointments in Ekalavya schools has led to linguistic chaos, and divided staff, students, and parents in Karnataka. The Centre’s linguistic intervention saw an influx of teachers from North Indian states, most of them who could not speak or understand any other Indian language other than Hindi.