There is no mention of any compulsory language in the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020, the Union Government clarified to the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday.
The clarification was given in response to the court’s direction to the Centre to make its stand clear with respect to the issue of State Government’s decision of making Kannada a compulsory language for undergraduate courses from the academic year 2021–22 under the “pretext” of implementing (NEP)-2020.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar, taking note of the Centre’s stand, adjourned further hearing on the petitions filed by Samskrita Bharati (Karnataka) Trust and others, as the State Advocate-General was not present in the court.