Bengaluru: The State Governments intent to make Kannada mandatory in CBSE and ICSE Schools will become a reality from 2018-19 academic year. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait said that students from other States who join here for higher grades, will have to take up a beginner’s course…
Regulation of fees in private schools: New rules from 2017-18
December 22, 2017Bengaluru: In a bid to prevent private schools from collecting exorbitant fees so that education could be affordable to all, the Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait on Wednesday announced that the final rules for fee regulation in private schools will be published by January. Speaking to reporters, the Minister said that the final…
Minister Tanveer Sait orders bilingual papers for II PU exam
December 15, 2017Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait has ordered printing of question papers of the II PUC examinations in both Kannada and English languages. Earlier this year, the Department of PU Education had asked students to pick either Kannada or English medium for the question paper, saying that they would have to stick to…
Seniors’ Forum seeks reservation quota in MUDA allotments
December 13, 2017Mysuru: Senior Citizens Forum, Rajarajeshwarinagar, has appealed to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah for reservation quota for senior citizens in MUDA site allotments. In a letter addressed to Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait, Forum Secretary R.M. Chetty has asked him to request the Chief Minister on their behalf to take up reservation quota for senior…
Sait exhorts teachers, students to focus on science research
November 30, 2017Mysuru: Students must choose new topics to do research and they need to develop scientific thinking. Even when teachers teach science, they should find new and interesting fields to impart science education, said Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait. He was speaking at the three-day 25th National Children’s Science Congress and Science Exhibition here…
Affectionate peck for Chacha Sait at Sammelana !
November 27, 2017Flag-bearers: Two school children from North Karnataka seen planting an affectionate kiss on the cheeks of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait as other students look on at the concluding day of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Maharaja’s College Grounds here yesterday. Picture below shows the 12 children from Sheshagiri Government…
Tanveer Sait hits back at Champa, Baragur
November 26, 2017Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait has expressed disappointment over criticism by the past and present Presidents of Kannada Sahitya Sammelana — Baragur Ramachandrappa and Chandrashekar Patil. He was speaking at a technical session on ‘Kannada Samshodhane Mathu Vimarshe’ held yesterday as part of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana being…
Minister launches road-widening and asphalting works
November 13, 2017Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait is seen launching the road-widening, asphalting, UGD and footpath works, of the road from the Ring Road in city, coming under Ward No. 44, to Millennium Circle, via JSS Medical College and Loyal Word, yesterday. The project has been taken up at a cost of Rs. 5 crore…
Minister inaugurates specified category school
November 7, 2017Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait inaugurated a specified category children’s school near the bifurcated Maharaja’s PU College in Nazarbad here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Sait said that the three-storeyed school has been built at a cost of Rs.1.53 crore under the Sarva Shikshana Abhiyaan. Pointing out that the school…
Tanveer Sait lays foundation stone for Muslim Boys and Girls Hostels
November 7, 2017Mysuru: Minister Tanveer Sait yesterday laid the foundation stone for the construction of Muslim Boys and Girls Hostels at Muslim Boys Orphanage (Apna Ghar) in city. The hostels are being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore. The foundation stone laying ceremony began with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by…















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