Experts to discuss language row

DHARWAD: In the wake of the Supreme Court's verdict against making the mother tongue the compulsory medium of instruction in primary schools, several organizations have come together to chalk out a strategy to save regional languages and ensure that children are taught in their mother tongue at the primary level.
Karnataka Jana Sahitya Sanghatane, the Kannada Development Authority, the University of Agricultural Sciences and the Karnataka State Primary School Teachers' Association, along with other pro-Kannada organizations, will conduct a two-day brainstorming session at the Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha, beginning Saturday.
Anil Sadgopal from Bhopal will inaugurate the session at 10.30am. Writer Devanur Mahadev, Prasanna and Gurulinga Kapse will speak. There will be special sessions on 'Mother Tongue as Medium of Instruction: Myth and Reality', 'Policies of the Government', and 'Market Policy'. On Sunday, the experts will discuss legal issues, political issues and people's movements.
Jogasingh from Patiala, Hargopal from Hyderabad, Gajendra Babu from Chennai, writers MS Ashadevi, advocate general Ravivarma Kumar, MLC YSV Datta and others will participate in the discussions. A 'Dharwad Declaration' on the outcome of the seminar will be announced on Saturday evening.