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Kannada Development Authority says UGC’s act was in violation of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution.
After a candidate who appeared for the University Grants Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) final week alleged “Hindi imposition” in the check, the Kannada Development Authority has taken up with the matter with the Centre.
In a strongly worded letter to the Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in addition to the Secretary of the Higher Education division and the chairman of the University Grants Commission, T.S. Nagabharana, chairman of KDA mentioned that the candidate who was writing UGC NET confronted problem in understanding some of the questions in English however was provided a translation solely in Hindi
The Hindu final week had reported that the candidates had alleged that there was an possibility to get a translation of the questions in Hindi however not in any of the regional languages. The KDA in the letter has lodged its protest in opposition to the “discriminatory policy”.
It mentioned that this was in violation of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution. “A facility that is available for one of the languages in the 8th schedule should be available for other students in their own languages in the 8th schedule,” learn the letter.
The KDA has urged the authorities to rectify this and submit a report in the following two months.
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