Special software to record donations to govt. schools'

September 1, 2012
Mangalore, September 1: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr K N Vijayaprakash said that all the donations given by the donors to the government schools would be henceforth 'stored' in a special software meant for the purpose to keep a track of all the donations received by the schools.

Delivering presidential address at the felicitation of best SDMCs in the district at a programme jointly organised by DK Zilla Panchayat and Department of Public Instructions at DIET on Friday, he said that the schools will be utilising the software meant for donation details from this academic year.

“Attempts have been made to provide more exposure to the government school children in the form of Krishi Darshana, where the children are taken to farm land to understand the basics of farming. We have received highest funds under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyana this year and a specific amount will be utilised for building the compound walls. The government schools in the district have received Rs 5.50 crore as donation from donors and from MLA and MPs fund,” informed the CEO.

Education Department Assistant Director of Mysore division, Anand appreciated the efforts of School Development Monitoring Committees (SDMCs) in the over all growth of schools in the district. The government schools in Dakshina Kannada are doing quite well without expecting much funds from the government, he said.

Speaking about the issue of RTC of the government school land in the district, he asked the authorities to ensure that the land which is in the name of donors is converted to the schools name. Receiving the felicitation, Devasya Padur SDMC President Adinath Jain shared that though their school had only 38 children, the one quality that made their school stand apart is the strong bond between the teachers, students, parents and SDMC members.

Perlampady school SDMC President Vishnu Bhat said that the felicitation had given them a moral boost to continue the good work. “Our SDMC has been working for the welfare of the school facing all odds,” he said.

As many as 19 SDMCs from the district were felicitated on the occasion. The Department had chosen one SDMC from each hobli for the recognition. The award winning SDMCs are: (Bantwal taluk) DK ZP HP School Devasya Padur, Padibagilu, Ira; (Belthangady) Karambaru and Odilnanla, Kanchinadka: (Mangalore city) Gandhinagar and Marakada school; (Mangalore taluk) Bengre Kasaba, Adyapadi, Panambur and Ekkaru; (Moodbidri) KKodangallu and Kotebagilu school; (Puttur) Kudmaru, Shanthinagar and Perlampadi; (Sullia) Jayanagara and Madappady.

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Addressing the media, he said, “People who want to buy essential items are allowed come out of the house between 1100 hrs and 1900 hrs, but we have noticed that some are unnecessarily coming out and blocking the roads. If this continues, vehicles of such people will be seized.”
 
No new COVID-19 positive cases were reported since Friday Udupi district.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Film producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur V K Mohan committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel in the city on Monday, police said.

Mohan, who hailed from Kundapur Taluk, Udupi District, was a famous film producer and hotelier.

According to police, Mohan arrived at the hotel on Sunday night and when he did not open the door of his room on Monday, hotel staffs, grew suspicious and peeped through the room window, found him hanging.

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March 13,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 13: This year, schoolchildren will have a longer summer vacation starting early, thanks to the new coronavirus onslaught. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar on Thursday announced that schools in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts will be closed for vacation from Friday.

Classes from LKG to sixth standard will closed for vacations till the schools reopen in June, while students of classes 7-9 will have ‘study holidays’ until their examinations commence (as scheduled by their respective schools). Their summer vacations will begin with the completion of their examinations.

Class 10 students will have their examinations according to the dates scheduled earlier.

“Let us not treat this as a panic reaction or something to cause a scare. This measure is taken as a precaution. A lot of parents were worried about their children. We have already announced the closure of schools from nursery to sixth standards. Now, we are declaring official holidays upto sixth standard. Students of standards 1-6 will all be promoted based on their formative assessment,” said Kumar adding, “no student will be detained in those classes.”

With respect to seventh, eighth and ninth standards, the schools will be closed for study holidays and students will have to return to write their examinations.“We will not interfere in the examination schedules of CBSE and ICSC schools. However, state syllabus schools have to finish their examinations before March 23”, Public Instruction Commissioner KG Jagadeesh said.Just a couple of papers of the PU examinations are left after which their holidays will begin.

Exam timetable not changed

Miscreants are spreading rumours that SSLC examination dates are changed because of the new coronavirus outbreak. However, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board director V Sumangala categorically said the examinations will be held from March 27  to April 9 as scheduled earlier.

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