KSPs Nonsense Act!

By B Jayakishore

YES. I think its Absolutely nonsense act by Kannada sahithya parishath members to start agitation campaign against the implementation of English from the standard one from this month. My point is Can we find any thing logical in their protest? In which Era the so called protectors of Kannada living in?

In the Era of liberalization and gliobalization, It is the fact that English has become the language to earn bread and butter. As years will pass, when our world will be further shrinked into one single entity, comman language of communication and criteria for getting job becomes ONLY English, Where will these Kannada pupil will go? Can Kannada create such huge employment opportunities for them? Activists should look into this matter more seriously.

I Agree that that learning the mother toungue is mandatory. But It is also true that, as gandhiji said, the education we receive should give us confidence to face the world. Simply, Look at present situation. What is happening is that those who studied in kannada medium schools (may be private run or government run)are struggling every day and moment to earn a decent living in these highly driven English Atmosphere. Every moment they feel inferior to their counterparts who were from top rated english schools, even if they are equally competitive and intelligent.Only thing they lack is that they dont know how to express a 'Good English'!

One of my friend said.'Hey,You can come up in life and create opportunity for yourself in this high phased race,even if you came from a kannada school, If have a zeal in you to do so. Look at Prof.U R Rao, He studied in kannada medium, look at other such personalities...I can give you so many examples!!'

'I Agree. How many suceess stories can you give? 10?100? 1000? Man, There are lakhs of students. All of them can not become like U R Rao or such others. For the sake of them there is a genine need of a English curriculum which atleast prepare them to face the competition' I Said.

Leave it. See the facts. Nowadays children already familiar with about 200plus english words well before they join 1st standard. Experts who prepared curriculum say that based on these only the curriculum have been prepared. Emphasis will be given only to 'listening and understanding' the foreign language, there will be no writing till standard 3 and there will be no exams. cool !!

Interestingly, it looks like this learning this newly to be implemented curriculum will be a fun learning. As the methods adopted to teach english are like story-telling, simple songs and rhymes, listening to instructions and carrying them out and short dialogues. English will be taught five periods a week or 100 hours a year so that students should not be burdened.

Then what is the problem with kannada activists who look English as a untouchable language? Ironically, It is the hard fact everybody know, that childrens and grandchildrens of such activists(Oratagararu!) are studied in top rate english schools and are now working in top MNC's. Then why should rural students are be deprived of the opportunity as, If this curriculum is introduced successfully, they will be prepared to learn hardcore real english in more effective maner from 5th standard onwards. Which will also give a boost to their morale, as things learnt in the early ages are more effective.

Kannada is our mother tongue. So, protecting the interest of our language, culture is also most important. But at the same time we should move along with the time. India witnessed such an economic growth in recent years only because we have plenty of english speaking youth with us than any other country in the world. Now, China, Europian countrys also are into the race to make their youth to be compititive in english to compete in world market.

Obviously, Competition is inevitable in the era of globalization. Shall we remain behind in the competition? Isn't it true that our education must produce 'competitive youth' to be remain in the race? (Leave the other aspect of the issue such as education should not be job oriented..etc) When this is the real situation, the' ACT' of our KSP, in which most of our literates, thinkers are members, is highly ridiculous and irrelevent.

However, It shows their intolerance towards an evolution. Intolerance towards adopting new beginings. Which would eventually harm the future of our intelligent needy rural mass and make our growth stagnant.