Bengaluru: Even as uncertainty continues over when schools will re-open for the new academic year (2021-22) amid the COVID-19 crisis, an Expert Committee headed by Dr. Giridhar Babu has given the green signal for the re-opening of schools with all Government SOPs in place. Noting that schools have stopped classroom classes for more than a…
Scaling Hills, Climbing Trees Daily workout for network
July 14, 2021Virajpet: The online platform may be the only way to reach students during lockdown, but the digital medium comes with its own challenges. Students living in remote areas in Kodagu are facing trouble due to slow internet and connectivity issues. Lessons cannot be downloaded and they cannot attend online classes as videos and audios do…
Online classes, Offline problem: Students, teachers of Otterthotti in Chamarajanagar trek to hilltops for internet
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students, teachers, parents and communities are doing their best to replace in-person with online learning. But Praveen from a remote village in Chamarajanagar, who is in 10th Standard, has not attended even one day of class. Ever since Praveen’s school was closed for months amid the pandemic,…
Raghu Kautilya bats for stipulation of fee based on school expenses
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation Chairman R. Raghu Kautilya has urged the Government to stipulate school fees based only on the expenses incurred by each school for maintenance. In a letter to Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar, Raghu Kautilya, who runs Kautilya Educational Institutions in the city, said that…
Schools to start online classes from June 15
June 1, 2021Bengaluru: Even as the deadly COVID pandemic continues to rage across the State, the Education Department has issued a circular on re-opening of schools from June 15 for the academic year 2021-22. At the same time, the Department has extended the summer holidays from May 31 to June14. The classes will start for schools of 8th,…
Physical classes for 6th, 7th and 8th std. students begin
February 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Eleven months after Schools were shut following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in March last year, the physical classes for students of 6th, 7th and 8th standards (Higher Primary classes) began across the district and the State this morning. A fortnight ago, the State Government had given nod for the opening of…
Classes for 6 to 8 from Feb.22
February 18, 2021Bengaluru: Over 10 months after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in March last year, physical classes on a full-scale for 6th to 8th standards will commence across the State from Feb.22. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said that the decision to open classes for 6th to 8th standards was taken based on the…
Physical classes begin for 1st PU, 9th std. students
February 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After over ten months of closure due to COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown in March last year, physical classes for 1st PU began in city and district this morning, much to the cheer of students. The Government had last week announced that physical classes (also called offline classes) for 1st PU and 9th standard will commence…
Tuition fee slashed by 30 percent in Pvt. Schools
January 30, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government has ordered all Private Schools, be it Central or State syllabi, to reduce tuition fees for the current academic year by 30 percent in view of COVID-19 pandemic. The Schools have been strictly told not to collect development fees or other fees apart from tuition fee. With this, the Government has…
COVID scare not deterring students from attending classes
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Bored of staying in home and attending online classes for more than nine months, the students of Classes 10 and 12, following reopening of schools and colleges from Jan. 1, have undergone the mandatory RT-PCR test and are attending classes. “There is an overall 60 percent attendance of students attending Classes 10 and 12,”…
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