Bengaluru: 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…
Schools move to students’ doorsteps in rural areas
August 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following fresh guidelines issued by the Centre that schools and colleges will remain shut till Aug. 31, the State Government has urged the teachers working in rural areas to conduct classes for students at their doorsteps. In a circular issued by the Administration yesterday, Class 1 to Class 7 school teachers working in rural…
Home tuitions bring learning closer to these children
August 6, 2020A solution for online class challenges due to poor connectivity, lack of smart phones Hanagodu: The online platform may be the only way to reach students during lockdown or during a pandemic, but the digital medium comes with its own challenges. While students in urban private schools have little trouble accessing the internet and attending…
Round Table’s Classroom Project at Govt. School
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Amity Round Table-156 jointly with Mysore Amity Ladies Circle-108 inaugurated a two-classroom project at Kyathanahalli Government School, H.D. Kote taluk, on July 24. Area 13 Chairman Tr. Dr. Ravi Kumar was the chief guest and Area 13 Chairperson, GLMF Cr.Nidhi Shah was the guest of honour at the ceremony. Other dignitaries who were…
Swabhimani Award for Government Schools
August 1, 2020Bengaluru: The Department of Primary and Secondary Education is giving away Swabhimani Award to the Government Schools which achieve excellence in administration and academics. This award will be given from the current academic year itself considering the achievements of the schools. Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar announced this during a meeting with…
Government proposes to re-open Schools in phases from July 1
June 3, 2020Bengaluru: Following a directive issued by the Union Home Ministry asking State and Union Territory Governments to hold consultations at the Institutional level with parents and other stakeholders on re-opening of Schools along with necessary COVID-19 precautionary and safety guidelines, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar held a meeting with top department officials…
Special vehicle to ferry children through Forest
March 1, 2020Minister Suresh Kumar fulfils his promise Mysore/Mysuru: Primary Education Minister Suresh Kumar has fulfilled most of the assurances that he had given to Pachche Doddi villagers during his School stay programme last month. It may be recalled that, during one of his overnight village school stay programmes, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar…
The sorry state of the Government School at Nazarbad
February 25, 2020No drinking water post lunch, No toilets for girls, Playground filled with debris Mysore/Mysuru: With no proper drinking water facility, locked toilets of boys with no toilets for girls and also no ground to play despite the School having a playground, the students of the Government Higher Primary Model School on Mosque Road at Nazarbad…
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