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No drinking water facility in 81 government degree colleges in Karnataka

  •   Fri, Jun 24 2016 09:38:11 PM

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Bengaluru, Jun 24 : Believe it or not but as many as 81 First Grade Government Degree Colleges in Karnataka have no drinking water facility in the college premises.

This shocking fact was disclosed by the State’s new Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Rayareddy after a review meeting with senior officials of his department in Bengaluru on Friday.

"This is a very sad situation and cannot be allowed to continue,’’ the minister said and told reporters that he has directed the officials to take steps to drill borewells and install pump-sets to provide drinking water for students studying in colleges.

A sum of Rs 2 crore was necessary to drill borewells, he said and assured that funds would be made available.

The minister said the State Government has decided to make yoga mandatory in all government and aided degree colleges in the State in the larger interests of helping the students to gain mental and physical fitness.

Yoga classes would be introduced in colleges from this academic year, he said.

Officials have been asked to make necessary arrangements to introduce yoga classes in all degree colleges.

Instructors would be appointed in all colleges for imparting yoga for students, he said.

Karnataka has over 400 government first grade colleges.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has already announced that yoga would be introduced in primary and secondary schools in a phased manner.

The minister said National Service Scheme (NSS) and National Cadet Course (NCC) would also be made more relevant in degree colleges by roping all students.

Personality development classes would be introduced under NSS to make the courses more relevant, Rayareddy added.

Student Tracking System From July: TanveerSait

The ambitious Student Tracking System in collaboration with Infosys Foundation is set to be a reality from July, said Primary and Secondary Education Minister TanveerSait.

The programme seeks to monitor the academic progress, drop out and other aspects of about 45 lakh students from class 1 to 10 in all government schools to start with.

The programme would be extended to cover students in all the schoolslater.

Each student would be assigned a unique identification number and progress of the student would be monitored constantly to improve the academic performance and prevent drop outs, Sait said.
The minister said that distribution of bicycles, uniforms and text books would be completed by the end of July.

The State Government has decided to conduct a Demand Survey for opening of new government schools or relocation of existing schools in the light of drop in number of students in many government schools, he said.

The minister assured effective measures to ramp up the education standard in government schools on par with private schools.

Corporate Houses would be involved in a big way under the Corporate Social Responsibility obligation to improve the infrastructure level in government schools under the ``Adopt A School’’ scheme, Sait said.

Those who have missed regular schooling and wish to appear as private candidates for SSLC examination would soon have the benefit of attending teaching classes in regular schools to empower them to do well in examinations.

The State Government is considering a proposal for conducting special classes in the evening for them in government schools, he added.
  

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Comment on this article

  • Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore, Houston/Dallas, Texas

    Sat, Jun 25 2016

    Anything and everything that takes place negatively in our beloved country, we are always eager and ready to pinpoint who is to be blamed and where can we transfer all the responsibilities. We often tend to forget and ignore our own individual responsibilities as to what we can individual contribute for the genuine cause and make this world a better place to live and survive.

    Having visited almost twice a year for the past 60 years, we have come to one simple conclusion that we as loyal citizens of the country should do our very best towards whatever genuine causes that can make the people happy. Whether it is the Education for the children, whether it is the health related problems for the needy people, or whatever that is considered genuine and urgent, we all have to extend our hand of help and be the "best Samaritan" that we can be, and contribute the best that we can in order to help the good causes.

    With that being said, we should all come forward and pool little of our available resources and see how we can contribute for the water needs of our school children in their respective schools and/or colleges.

    We all can do something in any little way for the welfare of our children by providing them the basic needs such as water, toilets, play grounds, 'first-aid' requirements and much more. We the people have to show to the officials in the Government circles what each of us can do so that our children can have clean water, clean toilets and clean environment without depending on the government for anything and everything.

    Remember, it takes the entire village to help a student grow and prosper. We all belong to the village, and instead of throwing stones at our neighbours let us pause for a minute and see what WE as the people can come forward and give whatever we can for the betterment of our community students and see how we can bring a little smile on their faces. When these children grow up they will remember us and repeat our gestures to others

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  • Michael Noronha, Mysuru

    Sat, Jun 25 2016

    Every government that started these degree colleges need to feel ashamed for such a state of affairs in an educational institution. Whether funds provided for this purpose was diverted by the authorities needs to be probed.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, UDUPI/ NEW YORK, USA. s

    Sat, Jun 25 2016

    It is unbelievable but true.

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  • Dev Kumar, Belthangady/Ladakh

    Fri, Jun 24 2016

    How western countries developed will come to know from when you see in schools/colleges vending machines near soft drinks. We still after installing drinking water facility.

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  • Dev Kumar, Belthangady/Ladakh

    Fri, Jun 24 2016

    Is it any city f in karnatka for smart city. Wait for 2-3 years will provide by central.
    See congress ruled for sixty years..not able to provide electricity..nor good roads...nor toilets..nor drinking water..or nor able to do fence to protect cows from thieves. Where it gone looted money. Should dig area where find suspicious..thru money locator.

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