Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the ongoing process of transferring Education Department activities to RDPR (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) Department, MLC Marithibbegowda has urged the Government to immediately stop the process. In a press statement, he termed the activities’ transfer process as unscientific. Pointing out that the transfer will hurt the quality of education in schools,…
Education Department joins hands for Independence Day celebrations
August 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Joining hands with the Government on making the 75th Independence Day celebrations a grand success, the Education Department has started making preparations for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. As part of the campaign, over 20,000 teachers from Government, aided and unaided schools, more than 4 lakh students and about 5,000 SDMC members will hoist the…
Education Dept. takes over Farooqia Girls High School as 22-year lease period ends
July 4, 2022Staff, students and parents stage protest Mysore/Mysuru: Two days after the Education Department took over the School reportedly as per a High Court (HC) order, the students, parents and staff of Farooqia Girls High School located on Dawood Khan Street in Lashkar Mohalla staged a demonstration in front of the School this morning, strongly opposing…
Education Department receives over 71,000 applications for teacher transfers
December 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Education Department has received a whopping 71,558 online applications from Government Primary and High School teachers from Nov. 18 to 30 seeking transfer under general transfers for the current year. According to the Education Department Commissioner Anbukumar, the Department has received 63,952 applications for request transfer, 3,458 for mutual transfer, 1,090 for specific…
Schools and Colleges to open only after Centre issues guidelines: Minister
September 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar today said that a decision on re-opening of Schools and Colleges and holding regular classes will be taken only after the State receives the Centre’s guidelines in this regard. He was speaking to presspersons after the inaugural function of City Central Library at People’s Park here. …
Schools and Colleges to re-open from Sept. 21
September 15, 2020Fresh guidelines expected this week Bengaluru: After nearly six months due to COVID-19 threat, all Schools and Colleges will reopen from Sept.21 as per guidelines issued by Union Health Ministry. To begin with, only 8th to 10th standards will function from next Monday. However, the State Government has not taken any decision regarding the commencement…
Govt. allows Private Schools to collect fees
September 7, 2020Bengaluru: Bowing to the persistent demands of private educational institutions, the State Government has allowed Private Schools to collect first instalment fees from students for the academic year 2020-21. Badly affected by the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown, private educational institutions, which faced severe financial crunch due to loss…
Schools asked to start admission process
September 6, 2020Bengaluru: Department of Public Instruction has given the green signal to start the admission process of kids to the Government and private schools and to complete it before Sept. 30. The State Government had not given permission to start the schools and colleges in wake of COVID-19 situation. However, it had given permission recently to…
‘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…
SSLC-PUC Examination Boards to be merged
August 29, 2020New Board to be known as ‘Prarthamika Shikshana Parishat’, says Minister Suresh Kumar Bengaluru: After a wait of over three years, a major rejig in the Examination Board of Secondary Education is in the offing. The proposed single examination board for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and Pre-University examinations (II PU) will finally be formed. …
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