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Order on schools likely on Monday

BANGALORE: On Monday, the Karnataka High Court is likely to pronounce orders on petitions by 20 educational institutions from Bangalore that had challenged the refusal by the State Government in permitting them to start English-medium schools. The institutions said the jurisdictional Deputy Director of Public Instruction had refused to grant permission to them to open English-medium schools. They said such an order is illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. They said the right of the parents and students, on the choice of medium of instruction, could not be taken away by the Government.

Opposing the petitions, Advocate-General B.V. Acharya said any school started after 1994 would have to impart education in one of the eight recognised mother tongues, including English.

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