I studied in kannada medium till 7th grade and now working in USA. No harm in studying in kannada for first 4 to 7 years. But also there should be a freedom of choice. Its also wrong that if u study only in english then only u can get IT or BT or BPO job. I have many friends who studied in Kannada medium and have ended up in IT, BT or BPO job. Just want to say that some parents make a buff about sending their students to english medium school which does not even have a good fecility. They ignore good schools just because those schools dont have english medium teching fecility. If this kind of mentality is removed from the parents and if they send children to good school irrespective of the english/kannada medium then the primary education is successful. The government should look for improving the quality of education, giving good fecilities to the schools rather than asking them to teach in perticular langauge