Heggade highlights role of education in country's development

August 20, 2011

Mangalore, August 20: “30 years ago, India was considered as a nation of the beggars, slums and snake charmers. Today, it is attracting unprecedented foreign investment due to the achievements in the field of education”, said Dr D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala.

He was delivering the key-note address at the district level educational convention and information workshop on “Proactive Administration for Quality Education” at Netravati Auditorium of Zilla Panchayat here on Saturday.

Mr Heggade noted that the biggest difference in India since independence is the creation of opportunities that has helped the people from the rural areas to grow and contribute for the development of the nation.

Commenting on the encouragement of the Government towards education, he said 'Government' is even providing meals as means to provide a balanced diet for economically backward children.

He commended the efforts by the 'Government' in promoting education. “Education is free, books are free and uniforms are free. To encourage students further they are even freed of exams till eighth standard”, he observed.

He recommended the use of Public Private Partnership to be employed in the mid-day meal scheme to make it more successful.

He also encouraged the officials to make use of the opportunities they have received to strive for the benefits of the society, even though their efforts cannot be directly observed by the general public.

G K Kumar Nayak, Secretary of State, Primary and Higher Education, Government of Karnataka said that Human Resource Development has been the primary objective of the government today.

“Today, State Government's budget on education is Rs 10,100 crores, which consists 4% of state GDP”, he noted. Due to mid-day meal scheme 99,000 women are involved in cooking in 27,000 kitchens across the state, he said.

He explained that Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and its related schemes strive to create a feeling of oneness with the school and society by encouraging involvement from parents, NGO's and voluntary organisations.

Channappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada District, advised the officers and teachers present to create a sense of mutual trust among themselves for better application of schemes.

Dr K N Vijayaprakash, CEO, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Shailaja Bhat, President, Zilla Panchayat, Dakshina Kannada, Eshwar Kateel, President, Education and Health Standing Committee were present among others.

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Indian expats in Dubai can now get tatkal passport on the same day

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January 10,2020

Dubai, Jan 10: Indian expats in Dubai and the northern Emirates will now be able to get passports issued on the same day under certain conditions, including a higher fee, the Consulate here has announced.

Consul General of India in Dubai Vipul on Thursday announced that the Consulate will start issuing tatkal passports (issued in emergency cases) on the same day, the Gulf News said in a report.

Vipul made the announcement during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non Resident Indian-NRI Day) celebrations at the consulate.

He said the same day issuance service for tatkal passports can be availed only if the application is submitted before noon at the office of BLS International, the outsourced service provider for Indian passport and visa applications, in Al Khaleej Centre, Bur Dubai.

"We already issue tatkal passports in 24 hours. We are going one step beyond that. We are going to issue tatkal passport on the same day if it is applied for before 12 noon. By evening, we can issue the tatkal passport," the Consul General added.

The mission receives about 850 passport applications daily.

Last year, the consulate issued more than 200,000 passports, over 2500 emergency certificates (one-way travel document), over 2,800 police clearance certificates and provided 72,000 attestation services including registration of births and deaths, according to Vipul.

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12 from Karnataka, who attended Tablighi Jamaat conference, test negative for COVID-19

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April 1,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 1: As many as 12 of the 40 identified people from Karnataka, who attended Tablighi congregation in Nizamuddin, Delhi, have tested negative for COVID-19, state Health Minister B Sriramulu said in a tweet on Wednesday.

It is also learnt that 62 foreigners from Indonesia and Malaysia, who attended the congregation, have visited the State and 12 of them have been quarantined, the tweet said.

''The health department, in association with the Home department, has jointly started the process of identifying all the 300 who attended the event,'' he said.

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Karnataka govt puts on hold decision to drop some chapters from social science textbooks

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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