Virajpet to get Balamandira, Morarji Desai School

District in-charge and Home Minister K J George said, the government is committed for the integrated development of the district and an effort will be made to solve the burning issues in the district.

Speaking after unfurling the Republic Day celebrations, here, on Monday, he said, the District Administration has initiated measures to mitigate drinking water woes and develop Raja Seat. “Measures have been taken to construct Balamandira, Morarji Desai Residential School in Virajpet and Valmiki Bhavana. For the first time in the history of the country, the State government will conduct a socio-educational, economic survey, in the month of April. The people should furnish complete details for an objective assessment of their socio-economic status,” he said.

Students of Crescent School, St Michael Primary School, St Joseph High School, Little Flower School and Rajarjeshwari School presented cultural programmes on the occasion.
District-level Sarvothama Seva awards were conferred on Chandrakanth Nayak, Mallikarjunaiah, Ravikumar, Praveen Kumar, N M Jagadeesh, and Abdul Rab. The winners of essay writing and painting competitions Niharika, Reshma, Bhumika, Mansur were felicitated. NCC cadets Madikeri FMC College student Prathap Kumar and Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Kodagu Vidyalaya student Pratheek Bopanna were also felicitated.

MLAs Appachu Ranjan and K G Bopaiah, former MLC M C Nanaiah and others were present.

Sainik School

Sainik School Kodagu, at Kudige, near Kushalnagar, celebrated the 66th Republic Day on Monday.

Principal Captain Ben H Berson was the reviewing officer and he was escorted by a horse cavalcade. In his address, he mentioned about the technological advancement of the country in different walks of life. A music programme was conducted by Franco for the staff and cadets.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS, Madikeri – January 27th, 2015

AMUCT against proposal, political student organisations in support

Teachers and students differ on Mangalore University’s move to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in classrooms and laboratories in institutes owned by the university.

Vice-Chancellor K. Byrappa announced on Tuesday that the university will install CCTV cameras in classrooms, laboratories and at the university campus at Mangalagangotri, its post-graduate centre at Chikka Aluvara in Kodagu district and its two constituent colleges – University College in Mangalore and Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College in Madikeri.

The Association of Mangalore University College Teachers (AMUCT) might have opposed the decision but the Association of Principals of Government First Grade Colleges under Mangalore University welcomed the move. Politically affiliated student organisations – Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) have also supported the university’s move.

Norbert Lobo, president, AMUCT told The Hindu that the bond between students and teachers was based on trust and hence there was no need to question it by installing CCTV cameras. He said the cameras could be installed on the campus, corridors and other common places. He said many colleges had installed the cameras on their campuses and police had instructed the colleges to do so as a security measure.

K. Radhakrishna, president, Association of Principals of Government First Grade Colleges under Mangalore University, said CCTV cameras in classrooms were required to monitor students as many government colleges were facing dearth of staff.

He said if some government colleges under the university, such as the ones in Vitla and Tenkanidiyoor, already installed the cameras both in classrooms and campuses some colleges were installing it.

Jayesh P K, city secretary, ABVP, Ashith Pereira, district president, NSUI, Nitin Kuttar, district president, SFI, said that the cameras in class rooms and campuses helped as a security measure in many a way.

Teachers and students said that many colleges have already banned the use of cell phones not only in class rooms and in campuses. Students would have to take permission of principals to bring cell phones.

Mr. Radhakrishna said that the government and the university sent circulars every year reminding colleges not to allow use of cell phones in colleges.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Education Plus> College / by RaviPrasad Kamila / Mangalore – August 28th, 2014

It was noon on Friday and only four students had got admission to the postgraduate Microbiology course of Mangalore University offered at its post graduate centre in Chikka Aluvara, Kodagu district.

The fifth student at the microbiology admission desk at the Mangala auditorium at Mangalagangotri – catering to the students seeking admission to Chikka Aluvara centre – was buying some time to pay the full fee.

If that student paid the full fee the microbiology department would have the minimum of five students to run the course. A teacher was seen asking the student to give an undertaking that she would pay the balance to confirm her admission.

A teacher of the department told The Hindu that if the fifth student joined the course, only five of the 16 merit category seats would have been filled up.

Teachers at the desk said that of the 10 students who joined the course during the last academic year, only eight remained.

According to them, the university starting the course on the Mangalagangotri campus from this academic year had hit the admissions at Chikka Aluvara this year. For the same course to be offered at Mangalagangothri campus, 14 students got admitted against 16 merit category seats on Friday.

The bio-chemistry course at Chikka Aluvara centre also appears to have been hit because of it being offered on the Mangalagangothri campus from the current year. Teachers said only nine students joined the course at Chikka Aluvara against 16 merit seats. Last year more than 20 students had joined on the first day.

Each course has six permanent teachers at Chikka Aluvara with five each being Ph.D holders. On the university campus both the courses would have to be managed by guest teachers. On the university campus, 15 out of the 16 merit category seats of bio-chemistry were filled on Friday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by RaviPrasad Kamila / Mangalore – July 26th, 2014

Capt (IN) Ben H Berson assumed charge as the new principal of Sainik School Kodagu, at Kudige, near Kushalnagar, Kodagu district, recently.

After assuming charge, he said, “Every life needs a dream, every dream needs a plan, every plan needs a team”. He said, with team spirit, India can become the best country and Sainik School Kodagu, the best school in the world.

He briefed about his plan of action, expressing that his prime area of concern was development of intellectual and emotional faculties of cadets and staff as well as academic infrastructure in the campus.

Earlier, Berson was accorded an elegant guard of honour and received by Wg Cdr M K Khan, the headmaster, and Lt Cdr A P Ajesh, the registrar. A special assembly was held on the occasion, wherein the headmaster introduced the incumbent principal. During the function, Princy Berson gave away prizes to cadets, who had excelled in various competitions. Saira Khan, president of the Kodagian Ladies Club, was present.

Captain (IN) Berson had headed the faculty for Basic Sciences and Humanities at INA Ezhimala earlier. After getting his engineering degree from Karunya, Coimbatore, he was commissioned as a direct entry officer into the Education Branch of the Indian Navy in 1991.

He has served as instructor and registrar at the erstwhile Naval Academy at Goa and Senior Education Officer at INS Dronacharya and INS Shivaji. He was also the Deputy Director at the Naval Institute of Education and Training Technology, Kochi.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Mysore, DHNS – June 19th, 2014