The Karnataka government has issued an order allowing the start of new English medium (bilingual) classes in addition to the currently running Kannada/other medium classes in a total of 4,134 government primary schools in the State from class 1 onwards from the academic year of 2025-26.
Permission has also been given to start new bilingual classes in government high schools in Thirthahalli, Bilalukoppa, Hosur-Guddakeri, and Heddur of Shivamogga district.
Bilingual classes were started in a total of 1,000 government schools across the State in 2019-20 and 2,000 schools in the year 2024-25.
In addition, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had announced that bilingual classes would be started in 4,000 government schools in the 2025-26 State budget.
In this context, the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) had submitted a proposal to start bilingual classes in a total of 1,103 schools in Bengaluru North and South educational districts and 2,897 government schools in the remaining 33 educational districts.
The government, which approved this proposal, has instructed to start the classes using locally available resources.
Published – July 04, 2025 12:14 am IST
