From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Oct 11: After the State Government’s decision to suspend the 'Vidyagama' education programme in view of the Covid pandemic, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday has issued a direction to senior government officials to grant interim holidays of three weeks to all schools in the State in the interest of protecting the health of students and teachers.
The interim holidays will be from October 12, 2020 to October 30, 2020.
The Chief Minister, has in his direction to the senior officials for issue of the necessary orders, copies of which have been released to the media, said he had taken the decision of granting interim holidays of three weeks after knowing that many of teachers had been affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.
Yediyurappa has also extended his Dasara festival greetings to all students and the teaching community.
Earlier in the day, JD(S) leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy had criticised the state government for cancelling the interim holidays for teachers, who, he pointed out, had not only worked hard on Covid duty but also risked their lives in returning to schools.