Mysore/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…
Okkuta for phased introduction of English medium
January 21, 2019Mysuru: Seeking scientific and phased introduction of English medium in Government Primary Schools, Zilla Kayaka Samajagala Okkoota staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite the city Law Courts complex recently. Addressing the protestors, the Vedike President K.C. Puttasiddashetty, also a former MLC, urged the Government for a thorough study on the ways…
Call to NGOs, Associations to save Govt. Schools
November 30, 2018Mysuru: “In many places, Government-run schools are in a sorry state and in such a situation to see that the Gadichowka Government School has completed 100 years is really a healthy sign. However, it is very important to see that it will not follow other Government Schools, which are on the verge of closure and…
UK-based Charities Advisory Trust at work in State Government Schools
November 9, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam They were an exuberant lot of ladies, all from the United Kingdom (UK) and a few other countries waiting in the reception area of The Green Hotel on Hunsur Road. Just that morning a few of them had visited the Government Urdu Higher Primary School at Nachanahalli Palya on Manandavadi Road…
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