It is learnt that the education secretary of Telangana has been asked to submit a report on the issue by Thursday. Further, discussions are also being held with CBSE on the implications of the decision taken by the Telangana government, ET has learnt.
Alongside, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) that runs several ICSE schools is also preparing to make a representation to the Congress government in Telangana on the matter besides the Centre, if necessary.
“We are certainly concerned about this decision as many of our students come from outside and are there in Telangana for short periods, especially wards of government employees. They are often not well-versed with Telugu. While we will certainly teach three languages, including Telugu in our schools, it is felt that bringing children up to exam level and compete with native Telugu-speaking children will be somewhat unfair. We hope to convey these concerns to the state government soon,” a top CISCE official told ET.
The Telangana move on ‘language’ has deep political overtones as it comes even as the Centre is firefighting the Tamil Nadu government over the ‘3-language formula’.
A concurrent subject
With education being a concurrent subject, state governments have a significant say on all such matters, putting the Centre in a fix vis-a-vis CBSE that follows its own scheme in its 29,000-plus schools across the country.
