VTU Makes Kannada Mandatory

VTU makes Kannada mandatory for BE in a recent circular.Kannada language will be prescribed as a compulsory credit course for BE, BArch & BPlan. Furthermore, passing Kannada is a criteria to promote students to next semester. While students who already know Kannada may not find any difference. However, students who do not know kannada this could be challenging along with Engineering Degree.

Non-Kannadigas may find it challenging.Learning a new language along with engineering subjects can add to the stress.All these years Kannada was an optional subject for students. Also,it was not mandatory to pass Kannada to be promoted to the next semester.But, from this year onwards this is going to change. Passing Kannada is being considered as a parameter to promote students to the next semester.

As the Official VTU Circular reads "Kannada Language shall be a head of passing and shall be considered for the vertical progression of students from an even semester to the subsequent odd semester".

 

Kannada Mandatory For Passing Engineering

Is Kannada mandatory for all Colleges?

All VTU Affiliated Colleges & Autonomous Engineering Colleges under VTU must implement Kannada as a compulsory subject. The Colleges have been informed to to modify the scheme of teaching and examinations of Architecture, Engineering, and B.Plan programmes from 2020-21.

 

In the below paragraphs, we shall go through the details of implementation of Kannada language course & the schemes to which it is applicable.

(i) Kannada Language as compulsory credit course for 2018 scheme Students

Kannada Language to be prescribed as a compulsory credit course to students of the first year B.Arch programme, the third semester of B. Planning and BE./B.Tech programme of scheme 2018. The course shall be evaluated considering CIE (progressive) similar to the 2018 scheme of programmes that apply for affiliated colleges. This course apply to the students of B.Planning and B.E./B.Tech., 3 years (lateral entry) students also. Kannada Language shall be a head of passing and shall be considered for the vertical progression of students from an even semester to the subsequent odd semester

(ii) Kannada Language as compulsory credit course for 2020-21 BArch Students

Kannada Language to be prescribed as a compulsory credit course to students of the first year BArch programme from 2020-21 onwards. The course shall be evaluated considering both CIE (progressive) and SEE. Kannada Language shall be a head of passing and shall be considered for the vertical progression of students from an even semester to the subsequent odd semester.

 

(iii)Kannada Language as compulsory credit course for 2020-21 BE & BPlan Students

Kannada Language to be prescribed as a compulsory credit course to students of second-year Engineering and B.Plan programmes from 2020-21 onwards so that the course is common to both students admitted to 4 years (regular students) and 3 years (lateral entry students). The course shall be evaluated considering both ClE (progressive) and SEE. Kannada Language shall a head of passing and shall be considered for the vertical progression of students from an even semester to the subsequent odd semester.

 

VTU Kannada Textbooks

VTU under the guidance of Patyya Pusthaka Rachana Samithi (Tantrika Shishana) constituted by the Government of Karnataka has prepared Kannada Textbooks titled "Samskruthika Kannada"(Aadalitha Kannada) and "Balake Kannada"(Vyavaharika Kannada). While the first book is for the students who know Kannada to speak, read and write, the second book is for students who do not understand the Kannada language. Only these books are to be prescribed as textbooks.The soft copy of the books shall be made available in the first week of September 2020 and later the hard copies published by Prasaraanga of VTU Belagavi.

 

Colleges which have not prescribed Kannada course

In case the colleges have not prescribed the Kannada course as detailed above under (i), (ii) and (iii), the colleges are informed to revise from 2020-21 as above. All the Autonomous colleges are requested to upload the scheme of teaching and examination (w1th the Kannada course incorporated) of all the 4 years of Engineering,B.Plan programmes, and 5 years of Architecture programme to academicsyl2018@gmail.com by 12-09-2020. Generation of USN shall be subject to the fulfilment of Government instructions regarding the implementation of the Kannada language as a prescribed course to all professional programmes.

 

Download Official VTU Circular on Kannada Compulsory for BE