Bengaluru: In a major decision regarding improvement of infrastructure in Government schools, the State Cabinet which met here yesterday, decided to provide free power and water to Government schools and PU Colleges across the State. Informing this at a press meet after the state Cabinet meeting here yesterday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K.Patil said,…
Ahead of centenary, Government Kannada School in shambles
February 15, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Amid widespread protests advocating for the preservation of Government Schools across the State, a notable Government Kannada medium school in Nazarbad here is facing severe neglect and decay. Established in 1925, the school is on the verge of celebrating its centenary next year, but concerns are rising that the building might collapse before the…
Education Department caps weight of School bags
June 25, 2023Bengaluru: In a major relief to students of Class 1 to 10, the Department of School Education and Literacy has issued an order capping the weight of School bags. The order is applicable for Government Schools, Aided and Unaided Private Schools, who should compulsorily abide by the regulations. According to the order issued from the…
Govt. and aided Schools re-open
May 31, 2023MLAs, officials accord warm welcome to students Mysore/Mysuru: The Government and aided Lower Primary, Higher Primary and High Schools were re-opened today after summer holidays. Gates of a total of 3,446 schools across the district were warmly opened for school children who came enthusiastically to schools on the first day of the new academic year-2023….
Government Schools in district to re-open from May 31
May 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: After over a month of summer holidays, all Government Schools in the district will re-open for the new academic year (2023-24) on May 31. DDPI Ramachandraraje Urs said that Government Schools have been asked to make preparations on May 29 for the re-opening. Head Masters have been directed to take precautionary measures in the…
Under fire: Govt. withdraws circular on collecting Rs. 100 donation
October 24, 2022Bengaluru: Following public outrage over the Government’s decision to collect Rs.100 monthly donation from the parents of children studying in Government Schools, in order to meet the maintenance expenses, the State Government on Saturday withdrew the circular three days after it was issued. The Commissioner of the Department of School Education and Literacy (formerly Department…
Develop Government Schools: ZP CEO tells PDOs
August 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “Prominence must be given for development of toilets, compounds and drinking water facilities in Government Schools to help rural students,” said Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEO B.R. Poornima. She was addressing Pan-chayat Development Officers (PDOs) and various Department Officers at the Progress Review meeting in Nanjangud Taluk Panchayat (TP) auditorium recently. Instructing the officials to…
Making school life colourful through illustrative paintings
May 29, 2022A social initiative by NGO Upkriti gives a facelift for two Government Schools at H.D. Kote By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Government Schools in H.D. Kote are getting a facelift, thanks to a Bengaluru-based NGO Upkriti whose volunteers have already painted two of them and have given them a new look. What has been ignored by…
Schools re-open amid heavy rains in Mysuru
May 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Braving intermittent rains, thousands of students of the city and across the district attended schools on the re-opening day of the new academic year (2022-23) this morning. The Government had announced that all State Board Schools (classes 1 to 10) — Government, aided and unaided — will open from May 16, a fortnight before…
Cycling solo to save Govt. Schools, Colleges
January 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: While the State Government has scrapped its own student-friendly bicycle scheme to Government school children as an incentive for them to reach their far away schools, here is a youth who is cycling across the length and breadth of the country to create awareness on the need of saving Government Schools and Colleges. The…
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