Mysuru, Aug 18(UNI) The Karnataka government has already decided to introduce English medium schools in rural areas and now there was demand and efforts to secure government permission for introducing English as a medium of instruction in schools in a few Tribal hamlets.
Development Through Education (DEED), an NGO working on Tribal Rights and Education in Hunsur about 30 km from here, has urged the authorities to introduce English-medium schools in H D Kote, Hunsur and Periyapatna taluks, which have a sizeable Tribal population.
S Sreekanth of DEED said that it was in the interest of Tribal students to learn a language apart from Kannada and their mother tongue as it will widen their horizons and social reach. “English medium, at an early age, will make them familiar with the language and they can grapple with it when they graduate for higher learning,” he added.