Mangalore: Erya Lakshminarayana Alva, veteran writer, has urged the government to end the confusion over the medium of instruction in government schools and said there need to be a uniform policy of education.

Speaking at a programme organized by the DK Kannada Sahitya Parishat in the city on June 14, Thursday, to gather public opinion on the education policy of the government, he pointed out that though government schools have started English education, many of them are facing dearth of qualified teachers to teach English.

District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Pradeep Kumar Kalkura said the undue preference given to CBSE and ICSE schools was having its impact on Kannada mediums chools. He emphasized the need to teach Kannada in schools right from elementary level to professional courses.

Scholar Taltaje Vasanth Kumar and others spoke on the occasion.