In a twist to the tale of a teacher who only knew Malayalam being appointed to a Kannada-medium school in Kasaragod district of Kerala, she has now been asked to demonstrate her Kannada proficiency in a classroom on Monday in the presence of Education Department officials.
The teacher, who has been appointed to teach Social Studies, had been sent back by the school authorities on June 3 after protests by students over her lack of Kannada language skills. The appointment in the Government Higher Secondary Kannada Medium School at Adoor in Kasaragod district had raised tensions and the issue had been temporarily resolved with police intervention. The matter had then been taken up by the Kannada and Culture Department and the Karnataka Border Area Development Authority, which shot off a letter in protest against the appointment of non-Kannada teachers in Kannada-medium schools in Kasaragod district that shares border with Karnataka.
