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Vijay Times 11th June 2006: ‘Alternate English To Be Scrapped In Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Exams. Kannada To Be Mandatory For All Students’. These were the headlines that featured in all the local newspapers in Karnataka. While minorities of people were thrilled that the Kannada language would now be preserved, schools, parents and students were terrified of the impending future. Goodwill Girls’ High School’s principal, Mrs Jemila Paul, shares how her school survived the nightmare, those shocking headlines caused them.

Mrs. Jemila Paul talks about the panic wave that swept through Goodwill Girls’ High School when Kannada was suddenly made mandatory. Find out how this principal averted the possible disaster for students, parents and teachers.
Mrs. Paul says that in any situation principals must be calm and not show that we are afraid even if we are.