The Department of Collegiate Education has issued an order to all government, aided and private degree colleges as well as B.Ed colleges to conduct all letter correspondence and submit documents for National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation in Kannada.
In the wake of a letter written by the Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA), Commissioner of Department of Collegiate Education N. Manjushree issued the order.
“The NAAC evaluates and grades government first-grade colleges, private and aided degree colleges, and B.Ed., colleges every five years according to the academic quality standards of the institution. Therefore, almost all the documents and correspondence of the college to NAAC is submitted in English only. But since Kannada is the sovereign and administrative language in Karnataka, daily correspondence related to NAAC has to be conducted in Kannada,” reads the order.
Complaint by Kannada professor
A Kannada professor of R.B.N.M.S. First Grade College in Bengaluru had filed a complaint with the Kannada Development Authority alleging that the Kannada department is being forced to prepare all documents in English on the pretext of University Grants Commission (UGC) and NAAC accreditation and is being subjected to mental harassment by imposing English on Kannada faculties.
