Karnataka: The confusion surrounding the recruitment of teachers in Kannada and Urdu medium schools in Maharashtra, which has been ongoing for the past few years, has now come to light. The Maharashtra Education Department has made significant changes to its ‘Pavitra Portal’ software and has decided to recruit teachers based on the medium of instruction in the schools.
An old mistake rectified: In the previous recruitment process, Marathi medium teachers were assigned to Kannada and Urdu medium schools through the ‘Pavitra’ portal. This had angered Kannada-speaking people and language activists in the border areas.
The objection was that teachers who only knew Marathi could not teach effectively in Kannada schools.
The Adarsha Kannada Balaga Maharashtra, led by former Jath taluka MLA Vikramsingh Sawant, had campaigned on this issue. In this connection, Somanna Bevinamarada, Chairman of the Karnataka Border Area Development Authority, had visited the Kannada schools in Maharashtra and brought the matter to the attention of the Maharashtra government.
Somanna Bevinamarada said, “We welcome this decision of the Maharashtra government. Providing constitutional rights to linguistic minorities is the primary responsibility of the respective state governments.”
