Category Archives: Education

‘Pratibha Karanji, the best stage for students’

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education

Events like Pratibha Karanji provide the best stage for students to unveil their talents, said Zilla Panchayat Vice President Biddanda Usha Devamma.
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She was speaking after inaugurating the district-level Pratibha Karanji competitions organised by the Zilla Panchayat and Department of Public Instructions at St Joseph’s School on Thursday.

Students may improve their thinking by taking part in competitions related to art and literature, which will also develop creativity in them, she said.

Noting that ample grants are being provided to the department of Public Instructions by the Government, ZP Vice President called upon the children to utilise the programmes implemented under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, to their best potential.

‘Nali-Kali’ programme for primary students is being successfully implemented and the moral education provided in schools plays a vital role in forming students to be the best civilians, she added.

Deputy Director of Public Instructions Kantharaju, Block Education Officer Aras, DIET Senior Professor Vedamurthy and others were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS – Madikeri, January 16th, 2014

Chikka Aluvara PG Centre inauguration tomorrow

Education

Mangalore :

Chief minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the new post-graduate centre of Mangalore University, science block, women’s hostel and staff quarters at Chikka Aluvara in Kushalnagar of Kodagu district on Tuesday.

The new post-graduate centre has come up in 70.47 acres of land and the work on it wad commenced on November 15, 2010, vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy said.

The university had sought grants of Rs 24.50 crore for setting up the science, commerce and arts blocks, library, administrative office, hostels for students, staff quarters, auditorium, ground, guest house, health centre, commercial complex and roads and Rs 20 lakh towards staff salary in 2008.

The government in 2009-10 had sanctioned Rs 2 crore and released Rs 1.50 crore.

The VC said the science block was built at a cost of Rs 4 crore. The compound was constructed at a cost of Rs 72 lakh. There are separate hostels for men and women and it was built at a cost of Rs 3.20 crore. The centre also have a house constructed at a cost of Rs 1.04 crore.

The Construction works of arts and commerce blocks (at a cost of Rs 4 crore) and water supply system (Rs 50 lakh) are under progress .

The Syndicate has approved work of constructing the commerce and arts blocks respectively. The university has requested the state government to provide a special grant of Rs 20 crore during 2013-14 for the various works that are being taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore.

The Existing PG departments of bio-chemistry and microbiology will be shifted from Field Marshal KM Cariappa College, Madikeri to the PG centre from January 8.

With the work on the arts and commerce block nearing completion, the university will start PG courses in economics, political science, commerce and MSW at the new PG centre from the next academic year. Plans are afoot to start two additional PG courses in the science block of Chikka Aluvara centre. Power and water connections will be up by the time the Centre formally start functioning from January 18.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / TheTimes of India / Home> City> Mangalore> Commerce / TNN / January 06th, 2014

‘Create awareness on Aids’

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AidsKF10dec2013There is need to create an awareness on HIV/Aids among people, said Zilla Panchayat Vice President Biddanda Usha Devamma.

She was speaking at a World Aids Day programme organised by the district administration, zilla panchayat, department of health and family welfare, District Aids Control unit, district Legal Services Authority, here on Monday. Zilla Panchayat standing committee (education and health) Mani Nanjappa, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Srividya, District Health Officer Dr O R Srirangappa and others were present.

Protest

The contract workers of Karnataka State Aids Prevention Society staged a protest demanding the fulfillment of their demands, by wearing black badge.

The staff members of ICTC, ART, DSRC, Link ART and blood bank took part in the protest.
Addressing the protesters, Contract Workers district unit leader Sadananda said that Karnataka tops in controlling the spread of Aids. However, the workers who have been striving for the purpose are not given facilities.

The protesters urged to regularise the services of contract labourers and double the wages of the contract workers. The wages which were pending for the last few months should be released at the earliest.

Mudigere

Students who become victims of wrong selections, tend to miss a lot of opportunities in life, said JMFC Principal Civil Judge Padmaprasad.

He was speaking after inaugurating legal literacy programme jointly organised by the law department, NSS unit and health department, to observe World Aids Day at Government Boy’s PU College on Monday.

“Adolescence is a period which takes youth in wrong direction. Only those who aim high and are spirited throughout, achieve in their lives.”

“Life gives several opportunities, therefore students should come out of negative and unwanted thoughts that come to their mind. Even the parents should shower love on children so that they will not succumb to bad habits,” he said.

Taluk Health Officer Dr Yogesh called ‘awareness’ as the only medicine for Aids.
Students should educate themselves about Aids and also spread awareness in the society, he said.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / by DHNS – Madikeri / December 02nd, 2013

1st Soliga KAS does his tribe proud

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Bangalore :

Ravi Ramaiah is on cusp of setting a record by becoming the first KAS officer from the Soliga tribes. But to his misfortune, this 28-year-old, selected to be a Class I officer in 2011, is yet to receive his appointment order. The reason: the recruitment process has been kept in abeyance because 25 of the 362 successful candidates were found to have indulged in malpractices.

But Ravi, who hails from a hamlet near Nagarahole in Mysore district, has not given up hope. Working as a police constable in Mysore’s Jayalakshmipuram police station, Ravi began dreaming of becoming a bureaucrat after his primary school teacher Suresh and lecturer Rudrappa felt he could achieve more.

“They encouraged me to take the KSPC exams. I cleared both exams and the interview in my first attempt. I used to study at least eight hours a day,” Ravi said. He scored 956 marks out of 1,800 in the Mains exam and 150 out of 200 in the interview.

“The imbroglio over appointments has ruined my dreams,” Ravi says.

Coming out with flying colours in the face of adversity is not new to Ravi. “I did my primary education at a government school in Beeranahalli, walking alone 3 km from and to my house in the jungle. These lonely treks made me decide to be a self-made man. Jungle made me a brave and bold man,” he says.

Ravi’s father, Ramaiah, studied till class III, while mother Jayamma never went to school. “He is a born naturalist. He can smell the air and predict rain two days in advance,” Ravi says of his father. His eldest brother is an SSLC dropout, while the second brother completed his II PUC.

Ravi’s teacher Suresh took him to Hunsur and got him admitted to a government high school.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore> Government School / by Rajiv Kalkod, TNN / November 28th, 2013

Even semester class at Chikkaluvara campus from January

Education

Mangalore :

Mangalore University is all set to start even semester classes on its Chikkaluvara campus in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district from January 2.

While plans were drawn to inaugurate the campus on November 18, the mandatory presence of vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy to receive the Indira Gandhi NSS Award-2013 from President Pranab Mukherjee now means the formal inauguration will be held mid January.

However, the university authorities have decided to make best use of the infrastructure ready by commencing classes on the new campus spread over 73.4 acres of land when the even semester of the academic year 2013-14 gets underway in January 2014. For now, the university authorities will shift the post-graduate courses in microbiology and bio-chemistry to the new campus from the Field Marshal K M Cariappa College in Madikeri.

Shivashanakara Murthy said as things stand now, work on the science building and staff quarters on the campus is ready. “The work on the women’s hostel is in the final stages. If the inauguration had been held as scheduled on November 18, we would have to contend with some pending works with the arts building and the boy’s hostel,” he said, adding that work on overhead tanks and other sundry works too will be attended to in this duration.

Noting that no decision has yet been taken on naming the Chikkaluvara campus, the VC said. “Local sentiments in Kodagu district favour the campus to be named as Cauvery campus. However, the university is yet to form any opinion on this issue. This is a decision that has to be taken by the Syndicate,” he said. The Mangalore campus of the university is named Mangalagangothri.

source: http:articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore> Mangalore University / TNN / November 13th, 2013

MLA Vasu donates Rs. 1 lakh to Kodagu Gowda education fund

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Announces Rs. 10 lakh for hostel in Mysore

(Left) MLA Vasu inaugurating the Pratibha Puraskar function organised by Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha at Gowda Samaj premises in Madikeri yesterday. (Picture right) Shows the best teacher award winner Ame Chandramma and achiever students being felicitated
(Left) MLA Vasu inaugurating the Pratibha Puraskar function organised by Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha at Gowda Samaj premises in Madikeri yesterday. (Picture right) Shows the best teacher award winner Ame Chandramma and achiever students being felicitated

Madikeri :

“Owing to severe competition in all sectors, students, despite having acquired high qualification, find it tough to get a good job without proper guidance,” opined MLA Vasu.

He was speaking at a programme organised by Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha at Gowda Samaj premises here yesterday to present awards to meritorious students.

Vasu pointed out that during earlier days, just an ordinary degree was able to fetch a good job and the scenario changed dramatically over the years owing to rise in number of graduates and tough competition in the job market. He appealed to the Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha to construct a good educational institution to provide quality education to students of all communities.

He donated Rs. 1 lakh to Gowda Education Fund and announced that he would provide a fund of Rs. 10 lakh for modernising the Sangha hostel in Mysore. He assured to discuss with MP H. Vishwanath and Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to allot a four acre plot identified for the Sangha to establish an educational institution.

District Government Employees’ Association President Karnaiyyana Ravi, Entrepreneur D.B. Balakrishna, Sangha President Hosur Ramesh Joyappa, former Manager of Madikeri Town Co-operative Bank Kotera Seethamma, Sangha Secretary S. Erappa, Vice-President Ambekallu Naveen Kushalappa and others were present.

Scholarships and awards were presented to 62 students who excelled in studies and various competitions. Students Rashmi, Jahnavi, Helen and Chetana, who had excelled in the degree examinations were felicitated.

Teacher Ame Chandramma, who was adjudged the best teacher during Teachers’ Day celebration, too was felicitated on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 28th, 2013

Mangalore University’s first off-campus to be inaugurated on Nov. 18

Education

University may offer PG courses in commerce, social work, chemistry./ The Hindu
University may offer PG courses in commerce, social work, chemistry./ The Hindu

Science block, housing blocks for teachers, hostels ready

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate Mangalore University’s first post-graduation study centre outside its Mangalagangotri campus at Chikkaluvaru in Kodagu district on November 18. Classes on the new campus will being in December.

The study centre, which is about 16 km from Kushalnagar, is spread on 72.5 acres of land. Vice-Chancellor T. C. Shivashankara Murthy said the government had promised to hand over another 30 acres to make the centre a 100-acre off-campus.

Prof. Murthy said that science block, six housing blocks for teachers and a hostel with 20 rooms for women and another hostel of similar size for men were ready at Chikkaluvaru. The two hostels would accommodate 160 students, 80 men and 80 women. He said the arts block was under construction.

The university is offering bio-chemistry and microbiology post-graduation courses at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College at Madikeri. As the first semester classes for 2013-14 have commenced, those classes would be shifted to Chikkaluvaru campus after the first semester examinations in November, the Vice-Chancellor said.

The classes of second semester for those courses would be conducted at Chikkaluvaru from December end.

The university has proposed to offer post-graduation courses in chemistry, economics, commerce and social work at Chikkaluvarau from 2014-15, he said.

Second PG centre

The government recently allotted 20 acres to the university at Belapu village, about 25 km from Udupi town, to open the university’s second post-graduate study centre.

The university has prepared a Rs. 22-crore proposal to build infrastructure at Belapu and has written to the government to release Rs. 5 crore as initial fund.

It has been planned to lay the foundation stone for the construction once the government allotted the first instalment, Prof. Murthy said.

An arts block, a science block and a commerce block, a shopping centre, hostels for men and women would come up at Belapu, he said.

Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande is expected to attend the inauguration of the PG study centre.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by Raviprasad Kamila / Mangalore – October 25th, 2013

MU gets 20 acres for PG centre

Education

A file photo of Mangalore University. / The Hindu
A file photo of Mangalore University. / The Hindu

Varsity seeks Rs. 5 crore from government to start construction at Belapu
A proposal by Mangalore University (MU) to open a post-graduation study centre in Udupi district received a fillip with the State government allotting 20 acres for it at Belapu village, about 25 km away from Udupi town.

Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said that the university received a letter of allotment of land from the government about 10 days ago. He said that the university has prepared a Rs. 22 crore proposal to build infrastructure facilities at Belapu and has written to the government to release Rs. 5 crore to start with.

In addition, the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Mangalore region, has written to the government recommending releasing Rs. 5 crore as the first instalment.

If the government released the fund, construction for a block to offer arts courses would begin before the end of this year. In addition, a science block and a commerce block, a shopping centre, hostels for men and women would also come up. The courses to be offered would be decided later, Mr. Murthy said.

He said that the university’s first post-graduation study centre was coming up at Chikkaluvaru in Kodagu district. It would be inaugurated in November.

The Vice-Chancellor said that a science block, six housing blocks for teachers and a hostel for women with 20 rooms were ready at Chikkaluvaru. A hostel for men with 20 rooms and an arts block were under construction.

He said that the university was offering bio-chemistry and microbiology post-graduation courses at its Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College at Madikeri. As the classes for 2013-14 have commenced it was not proper to shift the classes to Chikkaluvaru now.

Those classes would be shifted after the first semester examinations in November. The classes of second semester for those courses would be conducted at Chikkaluvaru from December.

The university has proposed to offer post-graduation courses in chemistry, economics, commerce and social work at Chikkaluvarau from 2014-15, he said.

Approval of the syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, for starting those courses would be sought in January next.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by RaviPrasad Kamila / Mangalore – August 26th, 2013

Celebs get nostalgic Teachers’ Day

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Sandalwood celebrities seem to get all nostalgic today. Everyone, nostalgic about their school days, has been thanking their Teachers on account of Teachers’ Day.
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Actress Nidhi Subbaiah tweeted, “I studied in the best school in the world!St Josephs Central School! Thankyou dear teachers,for being part of the best 10 years of my life,” also mentioning the names of some of her teachers. Actress Pranitha Subhash said, “Happy Teachers’ Day to all my teachers!”

Actress Meghana Raj too wished her teachers. “A very happy teachers day 2 al my lovely teacaherz… al of u who ve tot me de lovely lesson of life an helped me grow as an individual,” tweeted the actress.

On the other hand, actress Priya Anand said, “‘Happy Teachers Day’ To All The Wonderful Teachers Ive Troubled Over The Years,” posting a picture of herself in the role of a teacher, to which Kannada actress Vishakha Singh replied saying, “@PriyaAnand haha.. Just realised, you n I have both played teachers in our films.”

Bollywood celebrities too weren’t far behind in acknowledging the relentless efforts of their teachers. “A very special thank u to all my teachers this Teachers Day… I suddenly realize teaching me anything must have been quite a thing,” tweeted director Punit Malhotra. Anupam Kher too said, “I Thank my teachers Somedays knowingly & almost Everyday unknowingly. Happy Teacher’s Day.:).”

Actress Shabana Azmi and actor-director-script writer Farhan Akhtar too thanked their mentors. While Shabana’s tweet read, “A big salute to all the teachers who helped shape me esp my acting guru prof Roshan Taneja and to all involved in this noble preofession,” Farhan said, “A big thank you to those who patiently impart knowledge to the usually impatient. Happy Teachers Day.”

Other celebs like Madhuri Dixit, Khushbu Sundar, Sonu Nigam, Ayushmann Khurrana, Shekhar Ravjiani and Sophie Choudry among others.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Entertainment> Regional> Kannada / by Parinatha Sampath, TNN / September 05th, 2013

PG Center at Kodagu this year: Mangalore Varsity VC

Education

MLC M C Nanaiah said, higher education is yet to reach about 88.8 per cent students in Karnataka.

After inaugurating the Students Council of Field Marshal K M Cariappa College here recently, he said, only 11.2 per cent of students in the age group of 16 to 24 pursue higher education in the state.

Condolence

Condemning the accident which claimed the life of a student of the college, Nanaiah said, road accidents were on the rise in the district. The police should initiate action against speed and rash driving, he said.

Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor T C Shivashankaramurthy said, the PG Centre at Chikkaluvara in Kushalanagar will be opened in November. Principal K A Erappa was present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS / Madikeri – August 28th, 2013