For the first time in India, the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has decided to allow students to write their exams bi-lingually.
The decision taken in the interest of students from rural Karnataka was made during the general council meeting of the KSHEC on Wednesday.
The students enrolled in Undergraduate and postgraduate courses can write their exams in English, Kannada or mix both the languages while answering.
In a statement released, Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said, “This is one step forward to encourage Kannada in higher education. In the existing system, students are allowed to write exams in any one language.”
Recently, the higher education department had introduced this system in diploma and polytechnic courses.
It was also decided to translate quality books available in other languages to Kannada and to benefit advanced technology for translation.
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Rabia Shireen is a Staff Reporter at The Cognate.
