Kannenahalli Government School at H.D. Kote in dilapidated state Mysore/Mysuru: Mouldy walls, plaster falling off ceilings, lack of furniture and poor lighting — these are a few of the many problems one can find in the building of the Government School at H.D. Kote. Yesterday, students had a providential escape when portions of the school…
An art teacher with a midas touch
September 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Here is an art teacher in the city who is helping the Government School students who cannot afford colour pencils, drawing sheets, sketch pens and colours boxes. Not only this, the teacher even makes art out of unusable products and vegetables like bottle gourd, pumpkin and so on. Meet K. Sangeetha, who has been…
DC Rohini turns Maths teacher
February 20, 2021Hunsur (Terikal): Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri donned the role of a teacher and solved Mathematics sums to the students of Government Primary School at Terikal village in Bilikere Hobli near Hunsur this morning. Over 20 students were present in the classroom and they were listening in rapt attention. The DC visited the school as…
‘Grama Shikshana Pade’ to enrol students who stayed out of Schools due to COVID
December 6, 2020House-to-house survey from Dec. 15 Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has asked ‘Grama Shikshana Pade’ (Village Education Force) in Gram Panchayat limits to undertake house-to-house survey from Dec. 15 to 21 of children who left schools due to COVID-19 and enrol them back in Schools without delay. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department has been…
These students grow what they eat
December 6, 2020An eco-friendly initiative by Devagalli Govt. School in Hunsur Paddy field, vegetable garden turn into classroom The fact that hundreds of rural students travel to towns and cities to attend Private Schools shows that there are not many takers for Government Schools despite successive Governments launching schemes like mid-day meal, free uniform and books. However,…
Smart classrooms transforming teaching, learning in Govt. Schools
December 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Smart classes and mobile technology is not only transforming education in highly paid Private Schools but it is also gradually making inroads in the Government Schools set up in the backward and rural areas. In tune with latest technology, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Mysuru, has selected 38 Government High Schools in Mysuru…
GRAAM hands over solar lights to Udbur Govt. School
November 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Under Sugamya Shiksha Initiative of GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement), solar lights worth Rs. 2 lakh have been installed at the premises of the Government High School in Udbur and have been handed over to the teachers and School Development and Management Committee (SDMC) in the presence of MLA and former Higher Education…
Universities, Legislators adopt over 1,400 Govt. Schools
October 20, 2020Bengaluru: Amidst the COVID-19 contagion, Universities, Legislators and other dignitaries have proposed to adopt 1,414 schools across the State for developing them under the Government’s Government School adoption plan. According to Prof. M.R. Doreswamy, who heads the Government’s Advisory Committee on Educational Reforms, there has been a good response for adopting Government Schools, with Universities,…
Head Master dies after falling from bike
September 22, 2020Kollegal: A Head Master of a Government School died after slipping and falling from his bike on the main road in front of Kollegal School for Speech and Hearing Impaired yesterday. The deceased is Mahadevashetty, HM of Hanur Government Model School and a resident of Madhuvanahalli in the taluk. Mahadevashetty, who left for his school…
‘Vidyagama’ effect: Admissions rise in Government schools
August 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as private schools are busy making fresh admissions despite the uncertainty over the reopening of schools amid COVID-19 pandemic, Government Schools have much to cheer about as they have been recording a good number of admissions this year. Many Government Schools in the district were on the blink of closure due to poor…
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