Mysore/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…
Mysuru taluk BEO’s surprise inspection of schools
August 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru taluk Block Education Officer (BEO) Malleshwari, made surprise visits to various Government Primary and Higher Primary Schools in the taluk on July 28 and inspected the education activities of the schools. The BEO, who visited schools at Bhugatahalli, Vajamangala, Harohalli, Mellahalli, Varakodu, Hallikeri Hundi, Kempegowdanahundi and Badagalahundi, checked the attendance of teachers and…
LKG, UKG classes to be started in Govt. Schools
September 4, 2020Bengaluru: In tune with National Education Policy (NEP), the State Government has taken a decision to start LKG and UKG classes in 276 select Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) from current academic year. This was decided at the State Cabinet meeting held here on Thursday. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C….
60 percent implementation of Vidyagama scheme in Mysuru
August 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Education Department has launched Vidyagama, a continuous learning plan for children. In Mysuru district, the scheme has been implemented in 60 percent of school children. Under the scheme, every child is covered which also promotes self-learning in children. Special attention is given to out-of-school and specially-abled…
Physics and Chemistry workshops held at 12 Government Schools
March 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sujana Charitable Trust from Holenarasipura Hassan district had organised Physics and Chemistry workshops at 12 Government schools in Mysuru that have little or no laboratory facilities. The Trust was requested by Mysuru North Block Education Officer D. Udayakumar to conduct free workshops to prepare the SSLC students for the forthcoming examinations and also develop…
Education Minister to stay at Gopinatham Govt. School
November 18, 2019To visit schools located at bordering areas of Hanur taluk and interact with Education Department officials Chamarajanagar: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar will be visiting schools located at bordering areas of Hanur taluk, Mysuru district, on Nov.18 and 19. The Minister will stay at Government Higher Primary School in Gopinatham and…
Minister suggests ‘Water Bell’ in schools to uphold importance of hydration
November 13, 2019Bengaluru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar, known to be always keen to effect a positive change to improve any system, has now come forward to introduce ‘Water Bell’ in all schools in the State as being followed at schools in Kerala. He has asked the Commissioner of Department of Public Instruction to…











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