Category Archives: Education

BEL’s hi-tech school opens in Madikeri

November 26, 2019Education, Records, All, Science & Technologyadmin

Kodagu Zilla Panchayat CEO K Lakshmi Priya inaugurates the newly built classroom by BEL in Madikeri

The hi-tech school constructed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) was inaugurated by Kodagu Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer K Lakshmi Priya and BEL Human Resource Department Director K M Shivakumaran, in Madikeri on Monday.

The new building of the Model Government Higher Primary School has been constructed at a cost of Rs 2.28 crore, to include classrooms, head teacher’s office, computer room, library, kitchen, physical education teacher’s room, Nali-Kali class and so on.

Speaking on the occasion, K M Shivakumaran said that the students have to utilise the facilities provided by the government and non-government organisations to make their future brighter.

He also noted that BEL has been playing a significant role in the defence sector of India. The company decided to choose Kodagu district, which has also immensely contributed to the defence.

“A new school building was constructed for the government primary school in this regard towards providing a good learning atmosphere,” he added.

Former director of the Education Department, G R Basavaraj, called upon the non-government organisations to join hands with the government to build better infrastructure in government schools.

Previously, Zilla Panchayat CEO Charulatha Somal had submitted a proposal to BEL to build a new school building, he said

School Development and Monitoring Committee President Shivashankar, DDPI P S Machado, Block Education Officer Gayathri and Akshara Dasoha Education Officer H K Pandu were present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by Adithya K A, DHNS Madikeri / November 25th, 2019

BVB hockey teams celebrate CBSE C’ship triumph in style

November 23, 2019Education, Records, All, Sportsadmin

The winning teams go on a victory parade in an open vehicle in Madikeri on Friday.

The boys’ hockey team from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Kodagu Vidyalaya have emerged as the champions and bagged the golden trophy in the 25th CBSE National Hockey tournament, of under 17 boys, held at Varanasi while the girls’ team bagged the second prize, bagging the silver trophy.

The teams have set a record by winning both the golden trophy and the silver trophy for the first time in South India. The winning teams were welcomed in a colourful procession which passed through the main roads of Madikeri.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavana Management Board President K P Uttappa and Vice President K S Devaiah congratulated the teams.

Institution Sports Committee President Raghu Madappa, Chief Administrative Officer Vidya Harish and Vice Principal Vanitha were present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by Adithya K A , DHNS – Madikeri / November 22nd, 2019

Get-Together Of Kavery Kodava Association

November 22, 2019Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Leadersadmin

Sri Kavery Kodava Association, Mysore East, has organised its annual get-together function on Nov. 24 at 10 am in the premises of Kodagu Model School in Vidyashankar Layout, Sathagalli here.

Mukkatira T. Nanaiah, President of Kodava Samaja, Bengaluru, will be the chief guest. Kekada M. Belliappa, President of Kodava Samaja, Mysuru, will be the special invitee.

Koppira Ponnappa, President of the Association, will preside.

Sports and cultural programmes will be the highlight of the programme.

Scholarships will be distributed to children of Association members who are achievers in their respective field.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> In Briefs / November 21st, 2019

Track and field championship to be held in December

November 22, 2019Education, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Leaders, Records, All, Sportsadmin

Former athlete and Ashwini Sports Foundation Director Ashwini Nachappa (right) releases the banner of the district-level track and field championship and Karumbaiah Memorial Masters’ Cup in Madikeri on Tuesday.

Ashwini Sports Foundation, Karumbaiah Academy for Learning and Sports (KALS) and Kodagu Athletic Association will jointly organise a district-level track and field championship event for boys and girls at KALS ground in Kaikeri on December 2 and 3, said Ashwini Sports Foundation Director Ashwini Nachappa.

Launching the banner of the Championship and Masters’ Cup, she said that boys and girls between 12 and 18 can take part. Race, shotput, long jump, discus throw, high jump and relay events will be held under various age categories.

Stressing on the need for the budding sportspersons to have an experience on tracks in the primary level, she said that Ashwini Sports Foundation will encourage budding talents by providing training.

DDPI P S Machado has been supporting the foundation, added Ashwini Nachappa.

She further said that Karumbaiah Memorial Masters’ Cup will be held for hockey, in the grounds of Karnataka Public School in Ponnampet, on December 5 and 7.

Eight invited teams will take part in the school level tournament, she added.

Trainer Chethan was present. For more details, contact: 08274 279456-57.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Ponnampet / November 21st, 2019

Kodagu SP Admits Daughter To Anganwadi

October 17, 2019Education, Inspiration / Positive News and Featuresadmin

Madikeri:

While majority of officials admit their children to study in educational institutions of repute, Kodagu SP Suman D. Pennekar has set an example by admitting her two-year-six-month-old daughter Kushi to an anganwadi centre located near Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College, here.

SP Suman wanted Khushi to start her education by learning Kannada, her mother tongue, and hence admitted her to the anganwadi kendra.

The SP’s daughter takes part actively in all activities and also receives food everyday like other children of the kendra.

“Khushi, apart from taking part in all activities, enjoys every moment spent with other 17 children at the kendra,” said Anaganawadi Teacher Neetu.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Saraswathi Pennekar, SP Suman Pennekar’s mother, said that it is important to see that Khushi does not develop the feeling of being a daughter to an influential officer. Instead, she must mingle with other children and pick up good values and ethics from Government institutions like the anganwadi centres.

SP Suman, who drops Khushi to the centre every day, also spends time with other children while she comes to pick her from the centre.

A qualified Ayurvedic Doctor, Suman, is a native of Beedi village in Belagavi district. The 2013-batch IPS officer took charge as Kodagu SP in May, 2018.

Meanwhile, the photograph of SP Suman taking a selfie with her daughter and children at the anganwadi centre had gone viral. She has also been receiving appreciation from all corners of the society for her affection towards mother tongue and Government institutions.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / October 16th,2019

Parvathi Appaiah’s appointment surprises many

October 17, 2019Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Leaders, Records, Alladmin

The appointment of Dr Parvathi Appaiah as the chairperson of Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy has come as a surprise to many.

Parvathi Appaiah was working as a member of NAAC committee post her retirement. She is a former principal and professor of Political Science at Field Marshal Cariappa College in Madikeri.

She has several books on public administration to her credit.

According to sources, the appointment was done considering the literary and academic achievements of Parvathi Appaiah.

Gowramma Madammaiah, Janaki Machaiah, Babbira Saraswati, Shambaiah, Padiranda Prabhukumar, Ravi Kalappa and Mecchira Subhash Nanaiah have been appointed as members of the academy. It is said that one of these members was an aspirant to the academy chief’s post.

After the BJP government came to power, the previous appointments of the presidents and members of various academies were cancelled and the order on the appointment of new presidents and members came on Tuesday.

Many BJP leaders were waiting in the wings to become president of Kodava Academy. The appointment of Parvathi Appaiah as Kodava Academy Chief has come as a surprise to them as well.

Lakshminarayana Kajegadde has been appointed as the president of Karnataka Arebhashe Sahitya Academy. This time too, the post has gone to Dakshina Kannada district. In the previous tenure, a person from Sullia was the chief of Arebhashe Academy.

Janaki Baitadka, Smita Amritraj, Prema Raghavaiah, A P Dhananjaya, Ananda Damkodi and Somanna R Soorthale have been appointed as the members of Arebhashe Academy. There were many aspirants for the post of president and members of Arebhashe Academy as well.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Madikeri / October 16th, 2019

Madikeri Kendriya Vidyalaya gets new building

October 13, 2019Education, Records, Alladmin

Principal Arjun Singh lights a lamp on the occasion of the inauguration of new building of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Madikeri on Friday

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal inaugurated a Kendriya Vidyalaya building in Madikeri through video conference.

Along with the Kendriya Vidyalaya in Madikeri, he had inaugurated 25 Kendriya Vidyalaya buildings in various districts across the country.

The Kendriya Vidyalaya is situated at Vidyanagara in Madikeri and the building is built at a cost of Rs 12 crore.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr Sneha, Kendriya Vidyalaya Zonal Assistant Commissioner Rajugopal, principal Arjun Singh, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mudipu principal N S Yadav and others were present.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sneha said, “Kendriya Vidyalaya has its own status in the country, where quality education is imparted. Along with quality education, value education is also imparted to the students.”

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by Adithya K A / DH News Service, Madikeri / October 11th, 2019

Shines In Badminton

October 13, 2019Education, Records, All, Sportsadmin

B. Diya Bheemaiah, a student of Coorg Public School, Gonikoppal, won Silver Medal at National ICSE Badminton Tournament held at Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence in Bengaluru recently and is selected to participate in the SGFI Tournament.

She will be representing the ICSE India Team for SGFI which will be held at Noida in October.

She was a member of the Karnataka team which won the Bronze Medal at the ICSE National Badminton Tournament.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / October 11th, 2019

Min Suresh Kumar interacts with students, teachers

October 6, 2019Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Educationadmin

Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar has a meal with schoolchildren in Madikeri.

Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar visited Closeburn School in Kattalekadu near Madikeri on Saturday and interacted with the teachers and students.

An alumnus of the school had brought the issue of the pathetic condition of the school to the notice of the minister through social media.

Addressing the students, he appealed them not to call their mother as ‘mummy’ and instead call them as ‘amma.’

Mummy carries the meaning of a dead body as well, he added.

He appealed to the students not to waste their time during Dasara holidays and instead read storybooks.

Public exams

The minister said that public examinations for class 7 will be re-introduced in the state during the current academic year.

He said the decision on detention will be decided next year. It is an effort to improve the quality of education.

Later, he had a meal with the students of the Government High School in Madikeri and said, “The government is mulling no bag day for schoolchildren once in a week. Government schools have better facilities than private schools. Owing to their love for English, parents are enrolling their children in private schools. LKG and UKG sections have been started in government schools in the state.”

On Siddaramaiah

Mocking former chief minister Siddaramaiah, the minister said, “He (Siddaramaiah) was so far a grammar teacher. Now, he has turned a history teacher.”

Replying to Siddaramaiah terming Modi’s regime as similar to Adolf Hitler, Suresh Kumar said, “It is not right to compare with a man who had hurt people. Such a comparison shows Siddaramaiah’s political stand.”

To a query, he said, “The relief works were started in the state with the money from the state treasury. Now, the Centre has announced Rs 1,200 crore. We are expecting more grants from the Centre.”

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DH News Service, Madikeri / October 05th, 2019

Obituary – Prof. Biddatanda C. Ponnappa

September 13, 2019Education, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorgadmin

Prof. Biddatanda C. Ponnappa (retd.) passed away in Bengaluru yesterday. He was 96.

A towering personality in the field of education, he served in institutions in Madikeri, Tumakuru, Mangaluru and returned to Madikeri as Principal of Field Marshal Cariappa Government College.

Post retirement, he served as Principal, Cauvery Women’s College, Virajpet.

He was very active and rendered yeoman service to several educational institutions in Kodagu.

He was a member of Mysore University Syndicate also.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. His last rites will be held at his native in Napoklu around noon tomorrow (Sept.12).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Obituary / September 11th, 2019

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