Bengaluru, Nov. 4 -- The state government is moving to expand the role of Kannada in minority education, making the language compulsory in all madrasas and the primary language in Urdu-medium schools, housing, waqf and minority welfare minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan said on Monday.

Khan explained that the directive applies to 4,300 Urdu-medium institutions and madrasas, which will now adopt a three-language structure placing Kannada before Urdu and English. "Kannada will be made a compulsory language in all madrasas across Karnataka, while Urdu-medium schools will have Kannada as their first language," he said, noting that the shift is being implemented with the support of Kannada Development Authority Chairman Dr Purushottam Bilimale.

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