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‘Testing’ time for Telugus in TN
The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to restore its old policy, under which Telugu students would be required to take their examinations from the eighth standard only in Tamil, has come as a rude shock to 30,000-odd students in the State, since it runs counter to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s assurance. The decision means that for students who are preparing to write the quarterly exams it is now mandatory to switch to Tamil.
- TN govt decision on exam for Telugus ‘shocking’
- Students have to switch to Tamil
- Schools in Hosur district exempted
- Telugu associations to meet on Sept 7 to discuss problems
S V Suryaprakasa Rao
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to restore its old policy, under which Telugu students would be required to take their examinations from the eighth standard only in Tamil, has come as a rude shock to 30,000-odd students in the State, since it runs counter to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s assurance. The decision means that for students who are preparing to write the quarterly exams it is now mandatory to switch to Tamil.
Although Jayalalithaa had assured the Telugu community that a Bill to allow students to study in their mother tongue would be introduced in the next session of the Legislative Assembly, it seems that the government has not followed it up by giving any instructions to this effect. While students of many schools in all districts as well as those in Chennai have been asked to write their examinations in Tamil, curiously the schools in Hosur district, represented by Congress MLA Gopinath, have been exempted from this compulsory study of Tamil.
Gopinath has been spearheading a movement for protecting the interests of Telugus. What beats well-meaning quarters is that how Hosur alone could be exempted from the GO that makes Tamil compulsory for all students. Keeping this in view, Telugu associations in other parts of the State, including Chennai, have begun consultations to face this problem.
All Telugu associations in Chennai met on August 20 at Godavari Hall of the Andhra Social Cultural Association (ASCA), with K Aneel Kumar Reddy in the chair, under the banner of Telugu Samaikya Vedika. Gopinath, who was the chief guest, assured the associations and teachers from various districts that he would use his good offices to get the administration to issue a revised GO to enable Telugu students to study and write their examinations in their mother tongue.
The meeting was attended by many teachers from various Telugu schools. Following deliberations, it decided to hold a summit of all Telugu associations in Tamil Nadu under the auspices of the Telugu Samaikya Vedika on September 7 to prepare a joint memorandum, listing all problems relating to the Telugu community, and hand it over through Gopinath to Jayalalithaa.
A Suba Reddy, ASKA president, Narsa Reddy, former president, Dr C M K Reddy, Ghantasala Ratna Kumar, cultural secretary, Prof M Sampath Kumar, head, Department of Telugu, University of Madras, and AICC member from Tamil Nadu Chiranjeevi were among the prominent persons who attended the meeting.
