Tulu postgraduates urge Mangalore University to reintroduce Tulu MA programme

With Tulu organisations urging the State government to declare Tulu as the second official language at the Cabinet meeting scheduled in Mangaluru on Friday, the Alumni Association of Tulu Postgraduates of the erstwhile University Evening College has objected to Mangalore University winding up the two-year postgraduate programme from the academic year 2024-25.

It has urged the university to reintroduce the programme at University College, as the University Evening College, where it was launched in 2018-19, has since been closed down.

Reeling under a financial crisis and citing a lack of students in double digits to run a postgraduate programme, the university suspended the Tulu programme at the evening college two years ago. It was later shut down as, according to the university, the college lacked government recognition.