Bengaluru: The State government has decided to scrap its September order where it asked II PU students to pick one language — English or Kannada — as the medium of instruction and write the examination in that language. Later that month, the department decided to modify the order partially and relax this for four subjects — accountancy, statistics, basic maths and computer science.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait said on Friday that the government has decided to revert to the earlier practice of bilingual paper based on representations received by students and lecturers before the preparatory exams. An official order is likely to be issued shortly.
Over the past few years, many students, irrespective of which language they had registered for, would write answers in English as well as Kannada. Lecturers say that the practice is likely to continue this year as well.
