“The final approval for the list of schools where these English-medium sections will be opened is yet to be given. This amendment had, in fact, increased the demand for English-medium sections in government schools. The first set of English-medium sections in 1,000 government schools was started in the 2019-20 academic year, after it was mooted by the then Congress-JD(S) coalition government headed by H.D. In many instances, the demand was more than the number of seats available, and admissions to English-medium sections had to be closed. In several schools, the intake of students in English-medium sections was double that in Kannada-mediums sections.

Source: The Hindu December 05, 2020 17:52 UTC