BANGALORE: More primary schools may be de-recognised by the Karnataka Government, apart from the 2,111 primary schools against which action was taken three months ago, for teaching in English medium after getting permission to start Kannada-medium schools. Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj S. Horatti told presspersons here on Wednesday that according to information received by the Government, 6,678 schools were teaching in English medium in violation of the conditions laid down by the Government.

He said the Government had since issued directions to all deputy directors of public instruction and block education officers to inspect 4,415 primary schools and submit a report by November 30. The Government had received complaints that some officials had filed false reports, which helped the schools get scot-free after violating the language policy, he said.

Border areas

Mr. Horatti said the State Government had called a high-level meeting of all department officials serving in 48 taluks along the State's border to ensure that children educated in Kannada-medium schools across the border in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh were not denied admission to colleges in Karnataka. At present, children studying in such schools were put to hardship because they were denied admission in those States and in Karnataka. There were a number of Kannada-medium schools in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, which are just a few kilometres from the State's border.

Referring to the Mahiti Sindhu programme (computer education for high school students), the Minister said the programme would be restarted shortly and tenders had been floated inviting bids from computer education institutions.

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